Entire levator veli palatini muscle

This study examined the aspect of the regulation of velum movement in the transition from the oral to pharyngeal phases of… (More)

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The soft palate is composed of several muscles. So far, these muscles have been analyzed separately and the… (More)

OBJECTIVE To obtain detailed anatomic information on the levator veli palatini (LVP) muscle from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI… (More)

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze, morphologically and biochemically, one of the soft palate muscles, the levator… (More)

Eight subjects (5 men, 3 women, ages 27 to 55) with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) were studied to quantify and compare… (More)

We studied respiratory-related activity of the soft palate muscles in 10 anesthetized tracheostomized supine dogs. Moving time… (More)

We studied the effects of increasing respiratory drive on electromyographic (EMG) soft palate muscle (SPM) activity in nine… (More)

An accurate description of the functioning Eustachian tube (ET) requires a thorough knowledge of the anatomic relationships of… (More)

Muscle spindles are present in many muscles of the speech mechanism including those of the jaw, tongue, larynx, and respiratory… (More)

The current study utilized a three-dimensional computer graphics technique to analyze the size, shape, and positional… (More)