Pharynx
MusclesofPharynx:LateralView
Plate70

Pharyngobasilar fascia
Tensor veli palatini muscle
Levator veli palatini muscle
Lateral pterygoid plate
Pterygoid hamulus
Buccinator muscle (
cut
)
Pterygomandibular raphe
Digastric muscle (anterior belly)
Buccinator crest
of mandible
Oblique line
of mandible
Mylohyoid muscle
Hyoid bone
Stylohyoid muscle (
cut
)
Thyroid cartilage
Median cricothyroid ligament
Cricothyroid muscle
Cricoid cartilage
Trachea
Digastric muscle
(posterior belly) (
cut
)
Styloid process
Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Styloglossus muscle
Stylohyoid ligament
Stylopharyngeus muscle
Middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Hyoglossus muscle
Greater horn of hyoid bone
Superior horn of thyroid cartilage
Thyrohyoid membrane
Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
Tendinous arch
Zone of sparse muscle fibers
Cricopharyngeus muscle
(part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor)
Esophagus
Tracheoesophageal groove
See±also±
Plate 67
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