Levator veli palatini muscle
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The levator veli palatini is one of the 5 paired muscles of the soft palate. It is a cylindrical muscle which together form a V-shaped sling behind and above the soft palate.
Summary
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origin: it has 2 sites of origin:
- inferior surface of petrous temporal bone
- medial rim of the auditory tube
- insertion: palatine aponeurosis between the two heads of palatopharyngeus
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action: elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the tensor veli palatini in opening the
auditoryEustachian tube on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the middle ear and pharynx. - innervation: pharyngeal plexus (from cranial nerve X: vagus)
-<strong>action: </strong>elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini">tensor veli palatini</a> in opening the auditory tube on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the <a href="/articles/middle-ear">middle ear</a> and <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a>.</li>- +<strong>action: </strong>elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini">tensor veli palatini</a> in opening the <a href="/articles/eustachian-tube">Eustachian tube</a> on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the <a href="/articles/middle-ear">middle ear</a> and <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a>.</li>
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