GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The tensor veli palatini is found anterior-lateral to the levator veli palatini muscle. It arises by a flat lamella from the scaphoid fossa at the base of the medial pterygoid plate, from the spina angularis of the sphenoid and from the lateral wall of the cartilage of the auditory tube.

Detailed explanation-2: -The tensor veli palatini tenses the soft palate and opens the eustachian tube; the levator veli palatine elevates the soft palate; the musculus uvulae elevates and retracts the uvula; the palatoglossus brings the base of the tongue and soft palate together; and the palatopharyngeus shortens the pharynx.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tensor veli palatini is a slender, triangular muscle situated in the pterygoid fossa of skull.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.