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TVPM
(redirected from Tensor veli palatini muscle)

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TVPMTensor Veli Palatini Muscle


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Mortimore et al wrote that upper airway obstruction at the retropalatal level is related to the imbalance between the activity of the levator and tensor veli palatini muscles, which elevate and tense the soft palate, and the activity of the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles, which depress the soft palate anteroinferiorly.
 
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