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pharyngeal muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000933


Synonyms: pharynx muscle, muscle of pharynx, branchial muscle, pharynx muscle organ, muscle organ of pharynx

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim, pheno_slim

plural term
branchial muscles [ TAO:0000172 ]

UBPROP 0000001

A pharyngeal muscle is any muscle that forms part of the pharynx[GO].

UBPROP 0000202

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_67169

comment

Innervation notes: They are innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the Vagus nerve (CN X) with the exception of the stylopharyngeus muscle which is innervated by the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).[WP]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Gray1030.png

has related synonym

musculi pharyngis, musculus pharyngis, branchial muscles, tunica muscularis pharyngis

id

UBERON:0000933

prefLabel

Muscle of pharynx