Pharyngeal muscles

Pharyngeal muscles
Pharyngeal muscles
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Muscles of the pharynx and cheek
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Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves
Latin musculi pharyngis; tunica muscularis pharyngis
Gray's subject #244 1143
Origin
Insertion   
Artery
Nerve receives motor innervation by trigeminal nerve

Lymph =

Actions

The pharyngeal muscles are a group of muscles that act upon the pharynx.

They include:


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