FNS-Harmony

Last uploaded: November 2, 2023
Preferred Name

inferior pharyngeal constrictor

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The inferior pharyngeal constrictor, the thickest of the three constrictors, arises from the sides of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage. Similarly to the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles, it is innervated by the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), specifically, by branches from the pharyngeal plexus and by neuronal branches from the recurrent laryngeal nerve. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001570

definition

The inferior pharyngeal constrictor, the thickest of the three constrictors, arises from the sides of the cricoid and thyroid cartilage. Similarly to the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles, it is innervated by the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), specifically, by branches from the pharyngeal plexus and by neuronal branches from the recurrent laryngeal nerve. [WP,unvetted].

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inferior pharyngeal constrictor

prefixIRI

UBERON:0001570

prefLabel

inferior pharyngeal constrictor

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001569

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001566

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