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stylopharyngeus muscle

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008804


The stylopharyngeus is a muscle in the head that stretches between the styloid process and the pharynx. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylopharyngeus_muscle ]

Synonyms: stylopharyngeus

Term info

database cross reference
UBPROP 0000001

The stylopharyngeus is a pharyngeal arch III muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the n. to stylopharyngeus branch of the glossopharyngeal n. and attaches to the hyoid apparatus and the pharynx.[FEED]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Musculusstylopharyngeus.png

has related synonym

musculus stylopharyngeus, M. stylopharyngeus

id

UBERON:0008804

prefLabel

Stylopharyngeus