Anatomical features of the palates and pharynges in Suncus murinus were examined through a dissecting microscope. The palatopharyngei (PP) on both sides join at the caudal, median line of the palatine velum and converge in an area immediately caudal to a mucosal notch, the pharyngeal torus before radiating into the dorsal wall of the esophagus. Some muscle bundles of the PP are attached to the veli palatini cartilage. The nasopharyngeal cartilage is situated rostral to curved mucosal plicae of the palatine velum. The pharyngeal torus interlocks with the rostrally lying corniculate tubercles. The structural relationships of the corniculate tubercles, pharyngeal torus and PP suggest that muscular tension of the PP sustains the epiglottis and retains it in the nasopharynx, i.e. the PP acts as a circumscribed sphincter around the epiglottis and establishes a short, secure air passageway to the larynx. The nasopharyngeal and veli palatini cartilages could keep the passageway in shape.
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