Palatine aponeurosis explained

Palatine aponeurosis
Latin:	aponeurosis palatina

The palatine aponeurosis a thin, firm, fibrous lamella^[1] which gives strength^[2] and support to soft palate.^[3] It serves as the insertion for the tensor veli palatini and levator veli palatini, and the origin for the musculus uvulae, palatopharyngeus, and palatoglossus.^[4]

The palatine aponeurosis is attached to the posterior margin of the hard palate.^[5] It is thicker anteriorly and thiner posteriorly. Posteriorly, it blends with the posterior muscular part of the soft palate. Posteroinferiorly, it presents a cruved free margin from which the uvula is suspended. Laterally, it is continuous with the pharyngeal aponeurosis.

See also

• Aponeurosis

Notes and References

1. Book: Gray, Henry . Gray's Anatomy . 1918 . 20th . 1139.
2. Book: Moore . Keith L. . Essential Clinical Anatomy . Dalley . Arthur F. . Agur . Anne M. R. . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins . 2017 . 978-1496347213 . 943.
3. Book: Sauerland, Eberhardt K. . Grant's dissector . Patrick W. Tank . Tank, Patrick W. . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins . 2005 . 0-7817-5484-4 . Hagerstown, MD . 199 . limited.
4. Book: Anne M. R. Agur . Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) . Moore, Keith L. . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins . 2006 . 0-7817-6274-X . Hagerstown, MD . 553.
5. Book: Gray, Henry . Gray's Anatomy . 1918 . 20th . 1139.