[TA] palatine muscle that forms anterior pillar of tonsillar fossa; origin, oral surface of soft palate; insertion, side of tongue; action, raises back of tongue and narrows fauces; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus (cranial root of accessory nerve). SYN: musculus palatoglossus [TA], glossopalatinus, musculus glossopalatinus, palatoglossus.
