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muscles of the pharynx
muscles of the pharynx
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Anatomy
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06/08/2009

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Term
Superior constrictor
Definition

origin:  medial pterygoid plate

 

insertion:  medial raphe and pharyngela tubercle of skull

 

CN X vagus n. via pharyngeal plexus

 

constricts upper pharynx

Term
middle constrictor
Definition

origin:  greater and lesser horns of hyoid

 

insertion:  median raphe

 

CN X vagus n. via pharyngeal plexus

 

constricts lower pharynx

Term
inferior constrictor
Definition

origin:  arch of cricoid

 

insertion:  median raphe of pharynx

 

CN X vagus n. via pharyngeal; recurrent and external laryngeal n.

 

constricts lower pharynx

Term
stylopharyngeus
Definition

origin:  styloid process

 

insertion:  thyroid cartilage

 

CN XII glossopharyngeal n.

 

elevates pharynx and larynx

Term
palatopharyngeus
Definition

origin:  hard palate; soft palate

 

insertion:  thyroid cartilage

 

CN X vagus n. via pharyngeal plexus

 

elevates pharynx and larynx; closes nasopharynx

Term
salpingopharyngeus
Definition

origin:  cartilage of auditory tube

 

insertion:  muscles of pharynx

 

CN X vagus n. vai pharyngeal plexus

 

elevates pharynx; opens auditory tube

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