levator veli palatini

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /lɪˈveɪ.tɚ ˌviˌlaɪ ˌpæl.əˈtaɪˌnaɪ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A muscle arising from the temporal bone and the cartilage of the Eustachian tube and descending to insert into the midline of the soft palate which it elevates especially to close the nasopharynx while swallowing is taking place to prevent regurgitation of liquid or solid matter through the nose.

词形变化

levatores veli palatini plural

词源

Borrowed from New Latin levātor vēlī palātīnī (“lifter of the palatine veil”).
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