Definition: 'Palatine Aponeurosis'
palatine aponeurosis
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. the expanded interlacing tendons of the tensor veli palatini muscles in the anterior two thirds of the soft palate to which the other palatine muscles attach.
Synonyms:
aponeurosis palatina
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