Muscular system
Superior pharyngeal constrictor
Constrictor superior pharyngis
- System
- Muscular system
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Pharyngeal muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle is a muscle in the pharynx.
It is the highest located muscle of the three pharyngeal constrictors.
The muscle is a quadrilateral muscle, thinner and paler than the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle and middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
The muscle is divided into four parts: A pterygopharyngeal, buccopharyngeal, mylopharyngeal and a glossopharyngeal part.
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Names
- Latin
- Constrictor superior pharyngis
- English
- Superior pharyngeal constrictor
- French
- Constricteur supérieur du pharynx
- Spanish
- Constrictor superior de la faringe
- Portuguese
- Constritor superior da faringe