Musculus uvulae

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Musculus uvulae

Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged.

Latin	Musculus uvulae
Gray's	p.1139
Origin	hard palate
Insertion	palatine aponeurosis
Artery
Nerve	pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve
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The musculus uvulae (azygos uvulae) is a muscle of the soft palate.

Origin and insertion

It arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis.

It descends to be inserted into the uvula and functions to move and shape it.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

fascia: Masseteric fascia · Temporal fascia · Deep portion: cementomaxillary tendon · Superficial portion: cementomandibular tendon

Ear	auricular (anterior, superior, posterior) · temporoparietalis

Scalp/eyelid	occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) · orbicularis oculi (depressor supercilii) · corrugator supercilii fascia: Galea aponeurotica

Nose	procerus · nasalis (dilatator naris) · depressor septi nasi · levator labii superioris alaeque nasi

Mouth	levator anguli oris · levator labii superioris · zygomaticus (major, minor) orbicularis oris · risorius · buccinator depressor anguli oris · depressor labii inferioris · mentalis

Palate/fauces (CN IX, X, XI)
(except TVP=V3)

veli palatini (tensor, levator) · musculus uvulae · palatopharyngeus (to pharynx) · palatoglossus (to tongue)

Tongue (CN XII)

anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/devp/hist

noco (m, s, c)/cong (d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M1A/3)

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