Anatomy
palatal muscle
pal·a·tal mus·cle
Subclass of:
Skeletal muscle; Palate
Definitions related to palatal muscles:
  • Any of the small muscles having an origin or insertion on the soft palate or palatine aponeurosis, including the levator veli palatini, musculus uvulae, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, and tensor veli palatini muscle.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The muscles of the palate are the glossopalatine, palatoglossus, levator palati(ni), musculus uvulae, palatopharyngeus, and tensor palati(ni).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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