Pharyngeal muscles
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The pharyngeal muscles are a group of muscles that act upon the pharynx
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They include:
Category:Muscles of the head and neck
Pharynx
The human pharynx is the part of the throat situated immediately posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity, and anterior to the esophagus and larynx. The human pharynx is conventionally divided into three sections: the nasopharynx , the oropharynx , and the laryngopharynx...
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They include:
- Inferior constrictor muscle
- Middle constrictor muscle
- Superior constrictor muscle
- Stylopharyngeus muscleStylopharyngeus muscleThe stylopharyngeus is a muscle in the head that stretches between the styloid process and the pharynx.-Structure:The stylopharyngeus is a long, slender muscle, cylindrical above, flattened below...
- Salpingopharyngeus muscleSalpingopharyngeus muscleThe salpingopharyngeus muscle arises from the inferior part of the cartilage of the pharyngotympanic tube in the nasal cavity; it passes downward and blends with the posterior fasciculus of the palatopharyngeus muscle....
- Palatopharyngeus musclePalatopharyngeus muscleThe palatopharyngeus or palatopharyngeal or pharyngopalatinus muscle is a long, fleshy fasciculus, narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with the mucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch.-Origin and insertion:...
Category:Muscles of the head and neck