Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
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- updated 3 May 2023:
- Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)
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The superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle is is one of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles. Its primary action is constriction of the pharynx (in coordination with the middle pharyngeal constrictor and the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles muscles) to to deliver a bolus of food into the oesophagus.
Summary
origin:
pterygoidpterygoid hamulus,pterygomandibularpterygomandibular raphe and mandibleinsertion:pharyngeal raphe
artery:ascending pharyngeal artery, branch of the external carotid artery
nerve:pharyngeal plexus
action:
constrictionconstriction of the pharynx, facilitating swallowing
-<p>The <strong>superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle</strong> is one of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles. Its primary action is constriction of the <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a> (in coordination with the <a href="/articles/middle-pharyngeal-constrictor-muscle">middle pharyngeal constrictor</a> and the <a href="/articles/inferior-pharyngeal-constrictor-muscle">inferior pharyngeal constrictor</a> muscles) to deliver a bolus of food into the <a href="/articles/oesophagus">oesophagus</a>.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>-<li>-<strong>origin:</strong> pterygoid hamulus, pterygomandibular raphe and <a href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>insertion:</strong> <a href="/articles/pharyngeal-raphe">pharyngeal raphe</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>artery:</strong> <a href="/articles/ascending-pharyngeal-artery">ascending pharyngeal artery</a>, branch of the <a href="/articles/external-carotid-artery-1">external carotid artery</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>nerve:</strong> <a href="/articles/pharyngeal-plexus-1">pharyngeal plexus</a>-</li>-<li>-<strong>action:</strong> constriction of the pharynx, facilitating swallowing</li>- +<p>The <strong>superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle</strong> is one of the <a href="/articles/pharyngeal-constrictor-muscles" title="pharyngeal constrictor muscles">pharyngeal constrictor muscles</a>. Its primary action is constriction of the <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a> (in coordination with the <a href="/articles/middle-pharyngeal-constrictor-muscle">middle pharyngeal constrictor</a> and the <a href="/articles/inferior-pharyngeal-constrictor-muscle">inferior pharyngeal constrictor</a> muscles) to deliver a bolus of food into the <a href="/articles/oesophagus">oesophagus</a>.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>
- +<li><p><strong>origin:</strong> pterygoid hamulus, pterygomandibular raphe and <a href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>insertion:</strong> <a href="/articles/pharyngeal-raphe">pharyngeal raphe</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>artery:</strong> <a href="/articles/ascending-pharyngeal-artery">ascending pharyngeal artery</a>, branch of the <a href="/articles/external-carotid-artery-1">external carotid artery</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>nerve:</strong> <a href="/articles/pharyngeal-plexus-1">pharyngeal plexus</a></p></li>
- +<li><p><strong>action:</strong> constriction of the pharynx, facilitating swallowing</p></li>
References changed:
- 2. Chummy S. Sinnatamby. Last's Anatomy. (2018) <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9780702033940">ISBN: 9780702033940</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
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