Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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KEYWORDS: Face, Mouth, Muscles and tendons, Pharynx, Throat.

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Dissection of head and neck from a posterior approach

Musculature of soft palate

The mucous membrane has been removed from the left half of the soft palate and pharyngeal wall.

1 .	Ascending pharyngeal artery
2 .	Internal carotid artery (cut off)
3 .	Cartilaginous auditory tube
4 .	Levator veli palatini muscle
5 .	Mandibular nerve
6 .	Ascending palatine artery
7 .	Tensor veli palatini muscle
8 .	Pterygoid hamulus
9 .	Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle (cut across)
10 .	Parotid gland
11 .	Posterior auricular artery
12 .	Palatopharyngeus muscle
13 .	Stylopharyngeus muscle
14 .	Stylohyoid ligament
15 .	Stylohyoid muscle (cut across)
16 .	Digastric muscle (cut across)
17 .	External maxillary artery
18 .	Occipital artery
19 .	Greater horn hyoid bone
20 .	Lingual artery
21 .	Lateral thyrohyoid ligament
22 .	External carotid artery
23 .	Nasal septum
24 .	Inferior nasal concha
25 .	Torus tubarius
26 .	Salpingopharyngeal fold
27 .	Velum of palate
28 .	Uvular muscle
29 .	Uvula
30 .	Body of tongue
31 .	Vallate papilla
32 .	Upper pointer: Sulcus terminalis Lower pointer: Foramen caecum
33 .	Prevertebral fascia
34 .	Lingual tonsil
35 .	Oral part pharynx
36 .	Upper pointer: Epiglottic vallecula Lower pointer: Median glossoepiglottic fold
37 .	Epiglottis