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Some of its fibers are lost in the superior and middle constrictor muscles, some merge with the lateral glossoepiglottic fold, while still others join with those of the
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The stylopharyngeus is the medial-most and most vertical of the three styloid muscles.
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runs on the lateral side of this muscle, and crosses over it to reach the tongue.
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The stylopharyngeus receives arterial supply from the paryngeal branch of the
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The stylopharyngeus is the only muscle of the pharynx innervated by the
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with their cell bodies in the rostral part of the nucleus ambiguus.
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271:glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
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228:middle pharyngeal constrictor
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307:supraclavicular lymph nodes
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500:Stylopharyngeus muscle
428:Stylopharyngeus muscle.
326:internal carotid artery
322:external carotid artery
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536:Stylopharyngeus muscle
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