middle pharyngeal constrictor (English, noun)
expansion: middle pharyngeal constrictor (plural middle pharyngeal constrictors)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: middle pharyngeal constrictors
tags: plural
form: middle constrictor
tags: alternative
form: constrictor pharyngis medius
tags: alternative