| Musculus uvulae | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Origin | Posterior nasal spine and palatine aponeurosis |
| Insertion | Uvula |
| Nerve | Vagus nerve (via pharyngeal plexus) |
| Actions | Retracts the uvula |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | musculus uvulae,[1][2] musculus azygos uvulae,[2] uvularis[2] |
| TA98 | A05.2.01.104 |
| TA2 | 2130 |
| FMA | 46733 |
| Anatomical terms of muscle | |
The musculus uvulae[1] (also muscle of uvula, uvular muscle, or palatouvularis muscle[2]) is a bilaterally muscle of the soft palate (one of five such muscles) that acts to shorten the uvula when both muscles contract.[3] It forms most of the mass of the uvula.[2] It is innervated by the pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve (cranial nerve X).[3][4]
- ^ a b "Anatonomina". www.terminologia-anatomica.org. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Musculus uvulae muscle". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ a b Helwany, Muhammad; Rathee, Manu (2023), "Anatomy, Head and Neck, Palate", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 32491749, retrieved 2023-07-17
- ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. pp. 710–711. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
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