inferior pharyngeal constrictor (English, noun)
expansion: inferior pharyngeal constrictor (plural inferior pharyngeal constrictors)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle of the pharynx that is the thickest of its three constrictors, arises from the surface and side of the cricoid and thyroid cartilages, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.
Forms:
form: inferior pharyngeal constrictors
tags: plural
form: inferior constrictor
tags: alternative
form: constrictor pharyngis inferior
tags: alternative