stylopharyngeal muscle
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ramus musculi stylopharyngei nervi glossopharyngei — [TA] stylopharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve: a branch that supplies the stylopharyngeal muscle; modality, motor … Medical dictionary
musculus stylopharyngeus — [TA] stylopharyngeal muscle: one of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx; origin, styloid process; insertion, thyroid cartilage and pharyngeal constrictors; innervation, pharyngeal plexus, glossopharyngeal; action, raises and dilates pharynx … Medical dictionary
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