Muscular system
Middle pharyngeal constrictor
Constrictor medius pharyngis
- System
- Muscular system
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Pharyngeal muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The middle pharyngeal constrictor is a fan-shaped muscle located in the neck.
It is one of three pharyngeal constrictors.
Similarly to the superior and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles, the middle pharyngeal constrictor is innervated by a branch of the vagus nerve through the pharyngeal plexus.
The middle pharyngeal constrictor is smaller than the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
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Names
- Latin
- Constrictor medius pharyngis
- English
- Middle pharyngeal constrictor
- French
- Constricteur moyen du pharynx
- Spanish
- Constrictor medio de la faringe
- Portuguese
- Constritor médio da faringe