The middle pharyngeal constrictor is a fanshaped muscle, smaller than the Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle ]
Synonyms: middle constrictor of pharynx middle constrictor musculus constrictor pharyngis medius middle constrictor pharyngeus
Term information
- UMLS:C1513291 (ncithesaurus:Middle_Constrictor_Muscle)
- FMA:46622
- NCIT:C33115
- SCTID:244802003
- Wikipedia:Middle_pharyngeal_constrictor_muscle
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]
middle constrictor muscle
hyopharyngeus
constrictores pharyngis medius
middle pharyngeal constrictor
constrictor medius
middle constrictor
musculus constrictor pharyngis medius
constrictor pharyngis medius
Term relations
- constrictor muscle of pharynx
- has muscle origin some hyoid bone
- innervated_by some vagus nerve
- part of some system