middle pharyngeal constrictor

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounmiddle pharyngeal constrictor (plural middle pharyngeal constrictors)

plural middle pharyngeal constrictors · alternative middle constrictor · alternative constrictor pharyngis medius

  1. anatomyA 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 中咽縮肌 /中咽缩肌
  • 中咽縮肌 /中咽缩肌 (zhōng yān suōjī)muscle
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