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Palatine aponeurosis — Infobox Anatomy Name = Palatine aponeurosis Latin = aponeurosis palatina GraySubject = 243 GrayPage = 1139 Caption = Dissection of the muscles of the palate from behind. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 53 DorlandsSuf = 12146748… … Wikipedia
Aponeurosis — Aponeuroses (plural of aponeurosis: απο, away or of , and νευρον, sinew ) are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny, whitish silvery color, and are histologically similar to tendons, but are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels… … Wikipedia
aponeurosis palatina — [TA] palatine aponeurosis: a fibrous sheet in the anterior part of the soft palate, derived mainly from the tendons of the two tensor muscles, giving attachment to the musculus uvulae and to the palatopharyngeus and levator veli palatini muscles … Medical dictionary
aponeurosis — A fibrous sheet or flat, expanded tendon, giving attachment to muscular fibers and serving as the means of origin or insertion of a flat muscle; it sometimes also performs the office of a fascia for other muscles. [G. the end of the muscle where… … Medical dictionary
Horizontal plate of palatine bone — Infobox Bone Name = Horizontal plate of palatine bone Latin = pars horizontalis GraySubject = 41 GrayPage = 167 Caption = Left palatine bone. Nasal aspect. Enlarged. Caption2 = Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged. System = Precursor =… … Wikipedia
List of muscles of the human body — Skeletal muscles homo sapiens Muscles of the human body: Overview Head | Neck |&# … Wikipedia
Musculus uvulae — Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged … Wikipedia
Tensor veli palatini muscle — Muscle infobox Name = Tensor veli palatini muscle Latin = musculus tensor veli palatini GraySubject = 243 GrayPage = 1139 Caption = Dissection of the muscles of the palate from behind. (Tens. val. pal. visible at upper right.) Caption2 = The otic … Wikipedia
Muscle — For other uses of Muscle , see Muscle (disambiguation). A top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin … Wikipedia
digestive system, human — Introduction the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… … Universalium
