See Also: middle constrictor muscle of pharynx(medicine)
inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx(medicine)
superior constrictor muscle of pharynx(medicine)
pterygopharyngeal part of superior constrictor muscle of pharynx(medicine)
ceratopharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor(medicine)
chondropharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor(medicine)
thyropharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle(medicine)
muscle, smooth, vascular(medicine)
middle scalene muscle(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)

vascular zone (medicine) and middle constrictor muscle of pharynx (medicine)


vascular zone (medicine)


vascular zone


An area in the external acoustic meatus where a number of minute blood vessels enter from the mastoid bone.

Synonym: spongy spot, zona vasculosa.


middle constrictor muscle of pharynx (medicine)


middle constrictor muscle of pharynx
Origin, stylohyoid ligament, lesser cornu of the hyoid bone (chondropharyngeal part) and greater cornu of the hyoid bone (ceratopharyngeal part); insertion, pharyngeal raphe in the posterior wall of the pharynx; action, narrows pharynx in the act of swallowing; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus.

Synonym: musculus constrictor pharyngis medius.