Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small muscle in the anterior pillar of the palate, attached to the styloglossus. Also palatiglossus, glossopalatinus, glossostaphylinus, constrictor isthmi faucium.
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- noun anatomy A small
fleshy fasciculus , narrower in the middle than at either end, arising from theanterior surface of thesoft palate and passing into thetongue .
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And those of the soft palate are the levator veli palatini, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, tensor veli palatini and musculus uvulae.
Muscles Part 2 2008
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