The levetor veli palatini muscle elevates the soft palate, the muscle uvulae bunches the soft palate, and the tensor veli palatini tenses and shortens the palate.
颚帆提肌使软颚上升，悬雍垂肌使软颚成串，颚帆张肌拉紧也使软颚缩短。
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Levator veli palatini muscle and infeior wall of eustachian tube move from the axis of the tube to outward gradually as increasing with age and overlapping proportion of them was reported.