soft palate (anatomy of the neck)
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SOFT PALATE(Page 114)
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Uvula (median part of soft palate)
Hard palate
Palato-glossal fold
Palato-pharyngeal fold
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Naso-pharynx
Soft palate
Palato-glossus m.
Sagittal Section
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Importance of Soft Palate
- Closses nasopharynx during swallowing and blowing.
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Site of soft palate
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Hard palate
Soft palate
Naso-pharynx
Oro-phrynx
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Parts of Soft Palate
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Uvula (median part of soft palate)
Palato-glossal fold
Palato-pharyngeal fold
Palatine tonsil
Parts of Soft Palate
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Hard palate
Uvula (median part of soft palate)
Palatine tonsils
Palato-glossal fold
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Muscles of Soft PalateA- Extrinsic Muscles:•1- Tensor palati.•2- Levator palati.•3- Palato-glossus.•4- Palato-pharyngeus.B- Intrinsic Muscle:•- Musculus uvulae.
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Sulcus for auditory tube
Scaphoid fossa
Petrous bone
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Scaphoid fossaAuditory tube
Lateral pterygoid plate
1-Tensor palatine m.
Pterygoid hamulus
Palato-glossus m.
Palatine aponeurosis
Palato-pharyngeus m.
2-Levator palati m
Maxilla
Mandible (Cut)
Thyroid cartilage
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Palatine aponeurosis
Posterior nasal spine
Musculus uvulae m.
Intrinsic Muscle
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Nerve Supply 1- Motor: Cranial accessory through vagus n. except tensor palati from mandibular n.2- Sensory:
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Blood Supply1- Lesser palatine art. from greater palatine from maxillary.2- Ascending palatine art. from facial art.3- Ascending pharyngeal art. from ext. carotid art.
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Tonsils
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