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cricopharyngeus muscle
(redirected from Inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle)

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cricopharyngeus muscle
see Table 13.1C.
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The other weak area is in the inferiorportion between the middle and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles.
Pharyngocele: CT and MRI findings. (Imaging Clinic) by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
In its cervical portion, the nerve runs cranially behind the left lobe of the thyroid gland, under the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, and penetrates into the larynx behind the cricothyroid joint between the thyroid ala and the cricoid lamina.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Current concepts and treatment: ... by Brasnu, Daniel F. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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