Myogale tensor subsp. veli

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 7

M. tensor veli palatini

ORIGIN: From the ventral surface of the skull, just anteromedial to the tympanic ring.

INSERTION: Via an aponeurotic sheet on the posterior surface of the secondary palate.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Galemys ,

Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , Scaptonyx , Talpa , and Urotrichus . Some fibers of this muscle may insert on the dorsal surface of the pterygoid hamulus; these fibers are especially obvious in Condylura . The tendon of insertion of this muscle extends over the pterygoid hamulus, and the belly of the muscle covers the eustachian tube.