superior pharyngeal constrictor (English, noun)
expansion: superior pharyngeal constrictor (plural superior pharyngeal constrictors)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A 4-sided muscle of the pharynx that arises from the posterior and medial parts of the pterygoid plate, from the pterygomandibular raphe, from the alveolar process above the end of the mylohyoid line, and from the side of the tongue, that inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and that acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.
Forms:
form: superior pharyngeal constrictors
tags: plural
form: superior constrictor
tags: alternative
form: constrictor pharyngis superior
tags: alternative