name tensor_veli_palatini_muscle namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent muscles_of_soft_palate_and_fauces nameMedicineSynonym [] comment [en] The tensor veli palatini muscle is a ribbonlike muscle of the palate that arises from the scaphoid fossa, from the spine of the sphenoid bone, and from the lateral cartilaginous wall of the eustachian tube and is attached the soft palate. Its tendon forms a hook around the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. The tensor veli palatini tenses the soft palate and helps to push open the auditory tube. label [med] Musculus tensor veli palatini comment [de] Der Musculus tensor veli palatini entspringt am Processus pterygoideus des Keilbeins und er Eustachi-Röhre und setzt and der Gaumenaponeurose an. Seine Sehne wird vom Hamulus pterygoideus umlenkt. Er spannt das Gaumensegel und erweitert die Eustachi-Röhre, was einen Druckausgleich des Mittelohrs zur Folge hat. label [en] tensor veli palatini muscle label [de] Gaumensegelspanner speciesNo [] 86 organNo [] 20501 nameGermanSynonym [] annotationRemark [] nameEnglishSynonym [] ACC [] cy0001026 attachedToOrigin scaphoid_fossa differentiatedFrom first_pharyngeal_arch attachedToApproach palatine_aponeurosis attachedToOrigin spine_of_sphenoid_bone isInnervatedBy glossopharyngeal_nerve_IX isSuppliedBy ascending_palatine_artery hasPart tensor_veli_palatini_muscle_tendon