middle pharyngeal constrictor

English

Alternative forms

• middle constrictor, constrictor pharyngis medius

Noun

middle pharyngeal constrictor (plural middle pharyngeal constrictors)

1. (anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoid ligament, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.

   Coordinate terms: inferior pharyngeal constrictor, superior pharyngeal constrictor

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中咽縮肌／中咽缩肌 (zhōng yān suōjī)

References

• “middle constrictor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.