Palatopharyngeus muscle

System Respiratory
SNOMED CT 244796000

Palatopharyngeus muscle

Definition

The palatopharyngeus or palatopharyngeal or pharyngopalatinus muscle is a long, fleshy fasciculus, narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with the mucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch.

Also known as palatopharyngeal muscle, palatopharyngeus, pharyngopalatinus muscle — per UBERON

The Palatopharyngeus muscle is a part of the Respiratory.

Also identified as