stylopharyngeus muscle
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008804
The stylopharyngeus is a muscle in the head that stretches between the styloid process and the pharynx. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylopharyngeus_muscle ]
Synonyms: stylopharyngeus
Term info
- Wikipedia:Stylopharyngeus_muscle
- FMA:46664
- SCTID:244806000
- NCIT:C33639
- UMLS:C1522014 (ncithesaurus:Stylopharyngeus)
The stylopharyngeus is a pharyngeal arch III muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the n. to stylopharyngeus branch of the glossopharyngeal n. and attaches to the hyoid apparatus and the pharynx.[FEED]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Musculusstylopharyngeus.png
musculus stylopharyngeus, M. stylopharyngeus
uberon
UBERON:0008804
Stylopharyngeus
Term relations
- lateral structure
- digestive system element
- respiratory system muscle
- pharyngeal muscle
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- has muscle origin some styloid process of temporal bone
- has muscle insertion some thyroid cartilage
- part of some chordate pharynx
- in lateral side of some chordate pharynx
- innervated_by some glossopharyngeal nerve
- develops from some pharyngeal arch 3