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Muscle spindles in the velopharyngeal musculature of humans
D P Kuehn1, P J Templeton, J A Maynard
1University of Illinois, Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Champaign 61820.
Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
|September 1, 1990
Abstract:
Seven muscles in the velopharyngeal region of humans were studied histologically to determine the presence of muscle spindles. Typical spindles were found in palatoglossus and tensor veli palatini with a greater number in the latter. Spindles were not found in levator veli palatini, palatopharyngeus, musculus uvulae, salpingopharyngeus, or the superior pharyngeal constrictor.