A 36-year-old woman is admitted to the hospital with severe head injuries after a car crash. During neurologic examination it is noted that her uvula is deviated to the right. Which of the following muscles is paralyzed?
The uvula would move toward the intact right side. This is because the intact levator veli palatini would be unopposed by the opposite, paralyzed left levator veli palatini.
Left levator veli palatini
Left tensor veli palatini
Right levator veli palatini
Right tensor veli palatini
Head & Neck