Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small muscle in the posterior pillar of the palate, inserted into the stylopharyngeus.
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- noun anatomy A long,
fleshy fasciculus , narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with themucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch.
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Examples
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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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