stylopharyngeus (English, noun)
expansion: stylopharyngeus (plural stylopharyngei)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.
Forms:
form: stylopharyngei
tags: plural