Pharyngeal tubercle
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| Pharyngeal tubercle | |
|---|---|
| Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Pharyngeal tubercle visible, labeled as attachment point of constrictor pharyngis superior.) | |
| Latin | t. pharyngeum |
| Gray's | subject #31 132 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | t_21/12829034 |
On the lower surface of the basilar part of occipital bone, about 1 cm. in front of the foramen magnum, is the pharyngeal tubercle which gives attachment to the fibrous raphé of the pharynx. This is the point of attachment for the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
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Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
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