Pharyngeal constrictor

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Pharyngeal constrictor
Muscles of the pharynx and cheek.
Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves.
Gray's p.1143
Origin
Insertion   
Artery
Nerve Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve
Actions

Pharyngeal constrictor refers to one of the muscles that serves to constrict the pharynx.

They include:

References

    Cervical

    CN VII (superficial, PC): platysma
    CN XI (deep): sternocleidomastoid

    C1–C6 (anterior): Prevertebral muscles: longus (capitis, colli)

    C3–C8 (lateral): scalene (anterior, medius, posterior)
    Suboccipital

    C1: rectus capitis posterior (major, minor) · obliquus capitis (inferior, superior)

    C1–C6 (anterior): Prevertebral muscles: rectus capitis (anterior, lateralis)
    Suprahyoid
    Infrahyoid/strap
    Fasciae
    Pharynx
    Larynx

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