LEVATOR PALATI
\lɛvˈe͡ɪtə palˈɑːti], \lɛvˈeɪtə palˈɑːti], \l_ɛ_v_ˈeɪ_t_ə p_a_l_ˈɑː_t_i]\
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This muscle is long, narrow, and almost round above; broader and flatter inferiorly. It arises from the lower surface of the pars petrosa; from the cartilage of the Eustachian-tube; and is inserted into the substance of the velum palati. Its use is to raise the velum palati.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).