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Palatal Muscles

Known as: Palatal Muscle, Palatine muscle, Muscle of palate 
Any of the small muscles having an origin or insertion on the soft palate or palatine aponeurosis, including the levator veli palatine, musculus… 
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsHead and neck structureMicrobiologicalMusculoskeletal System

Narrower (4)

Entire levator veli palatini musclePalatoglossus MuscleStructure of uvular muscleTensor veli palatini

Broader (1)

Skeletal muscle structure of head

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2014
2014
TCDD disrupts posterior palatogenesis and causes cleft palate.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Cooperation of two ADAMTS metalloproteases in closure of the mouse palate identifies a requirement for versican proteolysis in regulating palatal mesenchyme proliferation
We have identified a role for two evolutionarily related, secreted metalloproteases of the ADAMTS family, ADAMTS20 and ADAMTS9… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Does Palatal Muscle Reconstruction Affect the Functional Outcome of Cleft Palate Surgery?
Background: This study was designed to compare two-layer palatoplasty (Wardill-Kilner V-Y pushback technique) without intravelar… 
2005
2005
Morphology of the Auditory Tube and Palatal Muscles in a Case of Bilateral Cleft Palate
Objective There is an increased incidence of otitis media in children with cleft palate, which may be related to the pathology of… 
1999
1999
Soft palate muscle responses to negative upper airway pressure.
The afferent pathways and upper airway receptor locations involved in negative upper airway pressure (NUAP) augmentation of soft… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Palatal muscle EMG response to negative pressure in awake sleep apneic and control subjects.
The sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) affects 1-4% of the middle-aged population and is caused by repeated occlusion of the… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effect of posture, route of respiration, and negative pressure on palatal muscle activity in humans.
Sleep apnea is worse in the supine posture and is associated with retropalatal airway narrowing or occlusion. We have, therefore… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Respiratory-related activity of soft palate muscles: augmentation by negative upper airway pressure.
We studied respiratory-related activity of the soft palate muscles in 10 anesthetized tracheostomized supine dogs. Moving time… 
1986
1986
Synergistic interaction of 2,3,7,8,-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and hydrocortisone in the induction of cleft palate in mice.
Glucocorticoids cause cleft palate in sensitive mouse strains by interfering with the proliferation of mesenchymal cells in the… 
1977
1977
Development and peripheral innervation of the palatal muscles.
Following the observation of 51 embryos and human fetuses of between 9 and 190 mm vertex/coccys length, cut transversally… 
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