inferior pharyngeal constrictor
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inferior pharyngeal constrictor (plural inferior pharyngeal constrictors)
- (anatomy) A muscle of the pharynx that is the thickest of its three constrictors, arises from the surface and side of the cricoid and thyroid cartilages, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.
- Coordinate terms: middle pharyngeal constrictor, superior pharyngeal constrictor
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- “inferior constrictor”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.