Pharyngeal muscles
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| Pharyngeal muscles | |
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| Muscles of the pharynx and cheek | |
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| Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves | |
| Latin | musculi pharyngis; tunica muscularis pharyngis |
| Gray's | subject #244 1143 |
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| Nerve | receives motor innervation by Vagus nerve (CN X)
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The pharyngeal muscles are a group of muscles that act upon the pharynx.
They include:
- Inferior constrictor muscle
- Middle constrictor muscle
- Superior constrictor muscle
- Stylopharyngeus muscle
- Salpingopharyngeus muscle
- Palatopharyngeus muscle
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