Muscular system
Palatopharyngeus muscle
Musculus palatopharyngeus
- System
- Muscular system
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Muscles of soft palate
DescriptionUnreviewed
The palatopharyngeus (palatopharyngeal or pharyngopalatinus) muscle is a small muscle in the roof of the mouth.
It is a long, fleshy fasciculus, narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with the mucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculus palatopharyngeus
- English
- Palatopharyngeus muscle
- French
- Muscle palatopharyngien
- Spanish
- Músculo palatofaríngeo
- Portuguese
- Músculo palatofaríngeo