LEVATOR VELI PALATINI
| ORIGIN Apex of inferior surface of petrous temporal bone and medial rim of auditory tube |
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| INSERTION Palatine aponeurosis |
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| ACTION Elevates, retracts and lateral deviates soft palate. May open auditory tube on swallowing |
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| NERVE Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve (X) with its motor fibers from cranial accessory nerve (XI) |