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Pharyngeal muscles

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Receives motor innervation by Vagus nerve (CN X). Stylopharyngeus receives motor innervation by Glossopharyngeal (CN IX)
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Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves
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musculi pharyngis, musculus constrictor pharyngis or tunica muscularis pharyngis
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During swallowing, these muscles act to shorten and widen the pharynx.
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The pharyngeal muscles (involuntary skeletal) push food into the
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pharynx
cheek

Nerve
Latin
MeSH
D010609
TA98
A04.2.06.001
TA2
2176
FMA
67169
Anatomical terms of muscle
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pharynx
lumen
esophagus
pharynx
Superior constrictor muscle
Middle constrictor muscle
Inferior constrictor muscle
swallowing
bolus
Stylopharyngeus muscle
Salpingopharyngeus muscle
Palatopharyngeus muscle
pharyngeal branch
vagus nerve

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