Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
middle constrictor Function:
noun : a fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoidligament, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing called also
constrictor pharyngis medius, middle pharyngealconstrictor muscle; —compare
INFERIOR CONSTRICTOR,
SUPERIOR CONSTRICTOR
