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tensor veli palatini

US/ˈtɛn.sɚ ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/

tensor veli palatini noun: a ribbonlike muscle of the palate 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 the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to insert especially into the soft palate, and that acts especially to tense the soft palate.

Noun

tensor veli palatini (plural tensores veli palatini)

  1. A ribbonlike muscle of the palate 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 the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to insert especially into the soft palate, and that acts especially to tense the soft palate.

Forms of tensor veli palatini

pluraltensores veli palatini

Origin of tensor veli palatini

Borrowed from New Latin tensor vēlī palātīnī (“tensor of the palatine veil”).

Questions about tensor veli palatini

What does tensor veli palatini mean?
Tensor veli palatini means a ribbonlike muscle of the palate 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 the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to insert especially into the soft palate, and that acts especially to tense the soft palate.
What part of speech is tensor veli palatini?
Tensor veli palatini is a noun.
How do you pronounce tensor veli palatini?
Tensor veli palatini is pronounced /ˈtɛn.sɚ ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of tensor veli palatini?
The plural of tensor veli palatini is tensores veli palatini.

Words near tensor veli palatini in the dictionary

  1. tensor
  2. tensor fasciae latae
  3. tensor product
  4. tensor products
  5. tensor tympani
  6. tensor veli palatini
  7. tensoreceptor
  8. tensoreceptors
  9. tensored
  10. tensores
  11. tensores tympanorum

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