Term
| Stylopharyngeus (pharynx) |
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Definition
| Syloid process of temporal bone |
lateral and posterior pharyngeal walls |
elevates & widens pharynx |
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Term
| Pharyngeal constrictor (pharynx-3 paired muscles) |
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Definition
| inferior |
thyroid, cricoid cartilage of larynx |
median pharyngeal raphe |
raise pharynx & larynx. Help move food to esophagus |
| middle |
hyoid bone, syloid ligament |
median pharyngeal raphe |
raise pharynx & larynx. Help move food to esophagus |
| superior |
pterygoid hamulus, mandible & pterygoid raphe |
median pharyngeal raphe |
raise pharynx & larynx. Help move food to esophagus |
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Term
| Palatoglossus (forms anterior faucial pillar- pharynx) |
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Definition
| median palatine raphe |
lateral surface of tongue |
elevates base of tongue, lowers soft palate. Separate oral cavity and pharynx |
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Term
| Palatopharyngeus (pharynx) |
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Definition
| soft palate |
walls of laryngopharynx & thryoid cartilage |
Closes nasopharynx during swallowing by moving palate posteroinferiorly |
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Term
| Levator veli palatini (pharynx) |
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Definition
| inf surface of temporal bone |
median palatine raphe |
Closes nasopharynx by raising soft palate and makes it touch the post pharyngeal wall |
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Term
| Tensor veli palatini (pharynx) |
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Definition
| auditory tube area and inf surface of sphenoid bone |
median palatine raphe. Also forms a tendon near pterygoid hamulus |
tenses and lowers soft palate. |
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