tensor veli palatini

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How do you pronounce tensor veli palatini?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛn.sɚ ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/.

What does tensor veli palatini mean?

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.

Where does tensor veli palatini come from?

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

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