Tensor veli palatini muscle

Last revised by Rohit Sharma on 16 Jan 2024

The tensor veli palatini muscle is one of the five paired muscles of the soft palate. It is triangular in shape and its tendon wraps around the pulley of pterygoid hamulus to alter the shape of the soft palate.

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