Palatine aponeurosis

Palatine aponeurosis
Dissection of the muscles of the palate from behind.
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Latin	aponeurosis palatina
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_53/12146748
TA	A05.2.01.101
FMA	49429
Anatomical terminology []

Attached to the posterior border of the hard palate is a thin, firm fibrous called the palatine aponeurosis, which supports the muscles and gives strength to the soft palate.

It is thicker above than below, where it becomes very thin and difficult to define.

Laterally it is continuous with the pharyngeal aponeurosis.

It serves as the insertion for the Tensor veli palatini and Levator veli palatini, and the origin for the Musculus uvulae, Palatopharyngeus, and Palatoglossus.

It provides support for the soft palate.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)