- Pharyngeal muscles
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Pharyngeal muscles Muscles of the pharynx and cheek 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 Origin Insertion Artery Nerve receives motor innervation by trigeminal nerve Lymph =
Actions 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
List of muscles of head and neck: the neck (TA A04.2, GA 4.387) Cervical Suboccipital Suprahyoid CN V3 (medial): mylohyoid · anterior belly of digastric
CN VII (lateral): stylohyoid · posterior belly of digastric
C1 (deep): geniohyoidInfrahyoid/strap Fasciae Pharynx pharyngeal constrictor (superior, middle, inferior) · longitudinal (stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)Larynx cricothyroid · cricoarytenoid (posterior, lateral) · arytenoid (oblique arytenoid/aryepiglottic, transverse arytenoid) · thyroarytenoid (vocal, thyroepiglottic)Categories:- Muscle stubs
- Muscles of the head and neck
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