English Explanatory Dictionary

middle pharyngeal constrictor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoid ligament, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.

Word forms

middle pharyngeal constrictor middle pharyngeal constrictors middle constrictor constrictor pharyngis medius
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