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middle pharyngeal constrictor

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The middle pharyngeal constrictor is a fanshaped muscle, smaller than the Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle ]

Term info

Label

middle pharyngeal constrictor

Synonyms
  • middle constrictor
  • middle constrictor of pharynx
  • middle constrictor pharyngeus
  • musculus constrictor pharyngis medius
database cross reference
latin term
musculus constrictor pharyngis medius [ FMA : TA ]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Musculusconstrictorpharyngismedius.png

external definition

The middle constrictor is a pharyngeal arches 4/6 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the pharyngeal plexus of Vagus and attaches to the hyoid apparatus and the midline raphe.[FEED]

has related synonym

middle constrictor muscle, hyopharyngeus, constrictores pharyngis medius, middle pharyngeal constrictor, constrictor medius, middle constrictor, musculus constrictor pharyngis medius, constrictor pharyngis medius

id

UBERON:0010749