origin:  scaphoid fossa

insertion:  tnedon hooks around hamulus of medial pterygoid plate

mandibular branch of V3 trigeminal n.

tenses soft palate

origin:  petrous part of temporal bone

insertion:  soft palate

CN X via pharyngeal plexus

elevates soft palate

origin:  soft palate

insertion:  dorsolateral side of tongue

CN X via pharyngeal

elevates tongue

origin:  soft palate

insertion:  thyroid cartilage and side of pharynx

CN X via pharyngeal

elevates pharynx; closes nasopharynx

origin:  posterior nasal spine of palatine bone

insertion:  uvula

CN X via pharyngeal

elevates uvula