uvular muscle
The musculus uvulae (azygos uvulae) is a muscle of the soft palate. It arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis. It descends to be inserted into the uvula and functions to move and shape it. It is innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus[WP]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the uvular muscle is
The musculus uvulae (azygos uvulae) is a muscle of the soft palate. It arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis. It descends to be inserted into the uvula and functions to move and shape it. It is innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus[WP]. The atlas records it as a muscle at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the uvular muscle is
It sits in the head, within the muscular and digestive systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What the uvular muscle connects to
The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. a kind of palatal muscle.
Supply and innervation
Innervation: pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve.
Also called
Also recorded as uvular muscle, azygos uvulae, m. uvulae, musculus uvulae, musculus uvulae muscle and uvulae muscle. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0010235, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: palatal muscle.
- inserts into: palatine aponeurosis and palatine uvula.
- Innervated by: pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve.
- originates from: hard palate.
Questions
Where is the uvular muscle?
It sits in the head, within the muscular and digestive systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.
What does the uvular muscle connect to?
A kind of: palatal muscle.
Is the uvular muscle the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.