Attached to the posterior border of the hard palate

Hard palate

The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth. It spans the arch formed by the upper teeth.It is formed by the palatine process of the maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone....

 is a thin, firm fibrous lamella called the palatine aponeurosis, which supports the muscles and gives strength to the soft palate

Soft palate

The soft palate is the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone....

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It is thicker above than below, where it becomes very thin and difficult to define.

Laterally it is continuous with the pharyngeal aponeurosis.

It serves as the insertion for the Tensor veli palatini and Levator veli palatini

Levator veli palatini

The levator veli palatini is the elevator muscle of the soft palate in the human body. During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx...

, and the origin for the Musculus uvulae

Musculus uvulae

The musculus uvulae is a muscle of the soft palate.-Origin and insertion:It arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis....

, Palatopharyngeus, and Palatoglossus.

It provides support for the soft palate

Soft palate

The soft palate is the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone....

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