Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
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| Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle | ||
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| Muscles of the pharynx and cheek. (Constrictor pharyngis inferior visible at bottom left.) | ||
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| Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. | ||
| Latin | Constrictor pharyngis inferior | |
| Gray's | subject #244 1142 | |
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| Nerve: | Vagus nerve | |
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The Inferior pharyngeal constrictor, the thickest of the three constrictors, arises from the sides of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage.
From the cricoid cartilage it arises in the interval between the Cricothyreoideus in front, and the articular facet for the inferior cornu of the thyroid cartilage behind.
On the thyroid cartilage it arises from the oblique line on the side of the lamina, from the surface behind this nearly as far as the posterior border and from the inferior cornu.
From these origins the fibers spread backward and medialward to be inserted with the muscle of the opposite side into the fibrous raphé in the posterior median line of the pharynx. The components arising from the cricoid and thyroid cartilages are also known as cricopharyngeus and thyropharyngeus respectively. Motor incoordination of the cricopharyngeus can cause difficulty swallowing.
The inferior fibers are horizontal and continuous with the circular fibers of the esophagus; the rest ascend, increasing in obliquity, and overlap the Constrictor medius.
[edit] Role in human disease
Uncoordinated contraction, and/or spasm and/or impaired relaxation of this muscle are currently considered the main factors in development of a Zenker's diverticulum.
[edit] External links
- GPnotebook -375783347
- LUC icon (Cricopharyngeus and Thyropharyngeus)
- Illustration
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