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What is the function of the levator veli palatini muscle?
What is the function of the levator veli palatini muscle?
- Tenses the soft palate and opens the auditory tube
- Elevates the soft palate (correct)
- Constricts the nasal cavity
- Depresses the soft palate
What is the origin of the tensor veli palatini muscle?
What is the origin of the tensor veli palatini muscle?
- Inferior surface of petrous part of temporal bone
- Scaphoid fossa, lateral side of auditory tube, greater wing of sphenoid (correct)
- Pterygoid humulus
- Posterior nasal spine
What is the structure that separates the nasopharynx and oropharynx?
What is the structure that separates the nasopharynx and oropharynx?
- Nasopharynx
- Hard palate
- Soft palate (correct)
- Oropharynx
What is the aponeurosis formed by the tensor veli palatini muscle?
What is the aponeurosis formed by the tensor veli palatini muscle?
What is the function of the tensor veli palatini muscle?
What is the function of the tensor veli palatini muscle?
What is the boundary formed by the lips?
What is the boundary formed by the lips?
Which muscle forms part of the cheek?
Which muscle forms part of the cheek?
What is the muscle that attaches to the posterior border of the hard palate?
What is the muscle that attaches to the posterior border of the hard palate?
What is the function of the small buccal glands in the mucosa of the vestibule?
What is the function of the small buccal glands in the mucosa of the vestibule?
What is the name of the fold that forms the lateral boundary of the oral cavity proper?
What is the name of the fold that forms the lateral boundary of the oral cavity proper?
What is the bony structure that forms the roof of the oral cavity and the floor of the nasal cavity?
What is the bony structure that forms the roof of the oral cavity and the floor of the nasal cavity?
What is the region below the tongue in the oral cavity proper?
What is the region below the tongue in the oral cavity proper?
