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palatopharyngeus

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palatopharyngeus
[-ferin′jē·əs]
a muscle with an origin at the back of the soft palate and an insertion on the posterior border of the thyroid cartilage and the wall of the pharynx. It acts to raise the pharynx.


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There is also differential activity of the palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, musculus uvulae, and superior pharyngeal constrictor muscles.
[FIGURES 2-3 OMITTED] Mortimore et al wrote that upper airway obstruction at the retropalatal level is related to the imbalance between the activity of the levator and tensor veli palatini muscles, which elevate and tense the soft palate, and the activity of the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which depress the soft palate anteroinferiorly.
Hemostats are used to clamp the palatopharyngeus muscle longitudinally on either side for hemostasis.
 
 
 
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