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constrictor muscle

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constrictor muscle
plain muscle surrounding cylindrical organs at orifices.

constrictor muscle pupillae muscle
muscle constricting the pupil.
constrictor muscle vestibuli muscle
muscles constricting the vagina.
constrictor muscle vulvae muscle
muscle constricting the vulva.


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Staying precisely on the tonsil capsule, the needle cautery is used to separate the constrictor muscle attachments generally beginning from the superior pole.
1,2)) Tornwaldt's cysts occur in the midline bursa of the nasopharynx above the upper border of the superior constrictor muscle.
Ideally, the superior constrictor muscle and the veins of the tonsillar plexus remain covered.
 
 
 
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