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pharyngeal aponeurosis

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pharyngeal aponeurosis
Etymology: Gk, pharynx, throat, apo, from, neuron, sinew
a sheet of connective tissue immediately beneath the mucosa of the pharynx.

aponeurosis
pl. aponeuroses [Gr.] a broad, sheetlike tendon.

abdominal aponeurosis
the broad tendinous portion of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles that attaches to the linea alba.
pharyngeal aponeurosis
a fascial sheet within the pharyngeal wall, lined with mucous membrane and covered by the pharyngeal constrictors.


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