Uber Anatomy Ontology

Last uploaded: March 22, 2024
Preferred Name

levator veli palatini

Synonyms

levator velum palatini muscle

levator veli palatini muscle

levator palati

levator veli

musculus levator veli palatini

Definitions

The levator veli palatini is the elevator muscle of the velum palatinum in the human body. During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. It is innervated via the pharyngeal plexus, primarily by the vagus nerve (CN X). The levator veli palatini (Levator palati) is a thick, rounded muscle situated lateral to the choanC&. It arises from the under surface of the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone and from the medial lamina of the cartilage of the auditory tube. After passing above the upper concave margin of the Constrictor pharyngis superior it spreads out in the palatine velum, its fibers extending obliquely downward and medially to the middle line, where they blend with those of the opposite side.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008585

database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:Levator_veli_palatini

SCTID:244795001

FMA:46727

definition

The levator veli palatini is the elevator muscle of the velum palatinum in the human body. During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. It is innervated via the pharyngeal plexus, primarily by the vagus nerve (CN X). The levator veli palatini (Levator palati) is a thick, rounded muscle situated lateral to the choanC&. It arises from the under surface of the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone and from the medial lamina of the cartilage of the auditory tube. After passing above the upper concave margin of the Constrictor pharyngis superior it spreads out in the palatine velum, its fibers extending obliquely downward and medially to the middle line, where they blend with those of the opposite side.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Musculuslevatorvelipalatini.png

external_definition

The levator veli palatini is part of the soft palate that attaches to the cranial base, pharyngotympanic tube and the soft palate and is innervated by Cranial Nerve X via the pharyngeal plexus.[FEED]

has muscle origin

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001678

has_obo_namespace

uberon

has_related_synonym

levator velum palatini muscle

levator veli palatini muscle

levator palati

levator veli

musculus levator veli palatini

id

UBERON:0008585

in lateral side of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001733

innervated_by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000929

label

levator veli palatini

notation

UBERON:0008585

prefLabel

levator veli palatini

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015212

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003682

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