Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
tensor ve·li pa·la·ti·ni Pronunciation:
-'vE-"lI-"pal-&-'tI-"nI Function:
noun : a ribbonlike muscle of thepalate that arises from the scaphoid fossa, from the spine of the sphenoid bone, and from the lateral cartilaginous wall of the eustachian tube, that is attached by a tendon which hooks around thepterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to insert especially into the soft palate, and that acts especially to tense the soft palate
