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palatoglossus muscle (glossopalatinus)
Forms anterior pillar of tonsillar fossa.
Origin: oral surface of soft palate
Insertion: side of tongue
Action: raises back of tongue & narrows fauces
Innervation: pharyngeal plexus (cranial root of accessory nerve)
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995