Soft Palate (Anatomy of the Neck)

Soft Palate

1. SOFT PALATE
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2. Uvula (median
part of soft
palate)
Hard
palate
Palato-glossal
fold
Palato-
pharyngeal fold
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3. Naso-
pharynx
Soft
palate
Palato-glossus m.
Sagittal Section
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4. Importance of Soft
Palate
- Closses nasopharynx during
swallowing and blowing.
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5. Site of soft palate
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6. Hard palate
Soft palate
Naso-pharynx
Oro-phrynx
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7. Parts of Soft Palate
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8. Uvula (median
part of soft
palate)
Palato-glossal
fold
Palato-
pharyngeal fold
Palatine tonsil
Parts of Soft Palate
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9. Hard
palate
Uvula
(median
part of
soft
palate)
Palatine tonsils
Palato-
glossal fold
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10. Muscles of Soft Palate
A- Extrinsic Muscles:
•1- Tensor palati.
•2- Levator palati.
•3- Palato-glossus.
•4- Palato-pharyngeus.
B- Intrinsic Muscle:
•- Musculus uvulae.
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11. Sulcus for
auditory
tube
Scaphoid fossa
Petrous
bone
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12. Scaphoid fossa Auditory
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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13. Palatine
aponeurosis
Posterior
nasal spine
Musculus
uvulae m.
Intrinsic Muscle
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15. Nerve Supply
1- Motor:
Cranial accessory through vagus n.
except tensor palati from mandibular
n.
2- Sensory:
- Glossopharyngeal n.
- Lesser palatine n.
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16. Blood Supply
1- 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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17. Tonsils
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