Muscles Of The Pharynx: Constrictors And Longitudinal Muscles Explained

Muscles Of The Pharynx: Constrictors And Longitudinal Muscles Explained

Name the muscles of pharynx. Give origin, insertion & nerve supply of superior constrictor muscle of pharynx (or) Superior constrictor of pharynx
Answer:

Muscles of pharynx:

1. Constrictor muscles:

• Superior constrictor
• Middle constrictor
• Inferior constrictor

2. Longitudinal muscles:

• Stylopharyngeus
• Palatopharyngeus Salpinopharyngeus
• Superior constrictor of pharynx:

Muscles of pharynx Origin:

• From the lower part of posterior border of medial pterygoid plate
• From the pterygoid hamulus
• From the posterior border of pterygomandibular raphe
• From posterior end of the mylohyoid line of mandible
• From the side of the tongue

Muscles of pharynx Insertion:

• Inserted into the median raphe on the posterior wall of the pharynx

Muscles of pharynx Nerve supply:

• It is supplied by the cranial part of accessory nerve through the pharyngeal plexus