See Also: musculus cephalopharyngeus(medicine)
cephalopharyngeus(medicine)
mus musculus(medicine)
musculus(medicine)
musculus sternocleidomastoideus(medicine)
musculus sternofascialis(medicine)
musculus sternothyroideus(medicine)
musculus styloauricularis(medicine)
musculus styloglossus(medicine)
musculus stylohyoideus(medicine)

Shirburnian (iou) and musculus cephalopharyngeus (medicine)


Shirburnian (iou)



Shirburnian noun & adjective. M19.
[from pseudo-Latin Shirburnia, based on the medieval forms (e.g. Scireburne) of Sherborne a town in Dorset and a public school situated there + -AN.]
A. noun. A pupil or former pupil of Sherborne School. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to Sherborne School or its pupils or former pupils. L19.

musculus cephalopharyngeus (medicine)


musculus cephalopharyngeus -->
superior constrictor muscle of pharynx
Origin, medial pterygoid plate (pterygopharyngeal part), pterygomandibular raphe (buccopharyngeal part), mylohyoid line of mandible (mylopharyngeal part), and the mucous membrane of the floor of the mouth and the side of the tongue (glossopharyngeal part); insertion, pharyngeal raphe in the posterior wall of the pharynx; action, narrows pharynx; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus.

Synonym: musculus constrictor pharyngis superior, musculus cephalopharyngeus.