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Pharyngeal plexus

Type
Nerve plexus
Japanese
咽頭神経叢
Reading
いんとうしんけいそう
English
Pharyngeal plexus
Latin
Plexus pharyngeus
Main functions
Swallowing / Motor control

Connections

Branch of

  • Glossopharyngeal nerve
  • Vagus nerve

Supplies

  • Inferior pharyngeal constrictor
  • Levator veli palatini
  • Middle pharyngeal constrictor
  • Musculus uvulae
  • Palatoglossus
  • Palatopharyngeus
  • Pharynx
  • Salpingopharyngeus
  • Soft palate
  • Superior pharyngeal constrictor

Articles

A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.

Also mentioned in

  • Vertical muscle of the tongue and hyoglossus: position, action, nerve
  • Pharyngeal constrictors: where they are and how they move food
  • Palatopharyngeus and musculus uvulae: position, action, nerves
  • Levator vs Tensor Veli Palatini: Soft Palate Muscles and Their Nerves
  • Pharynx: its three parts, functions, muscles and nerves
  • Vagus nerve: course, branches and functions

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