Pharyngeal tubercle

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Pharyngeal tubercle
Parsbasilaris(adult).PNG
Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Pharyngeal tubercle not labeled but visible at bottom, at center of box, labeled as attachment point of constrictor pharyngis superior.)
Tuberculum pharyngeum.PNG
Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pharyngeal tubercle labeled at right, eighth from the bottom.)
Details
Part of Occipital bone
System Skeletal
Identifiers
Latin tuberculum pharyngeum
TA98 A02.1.04.007
TA2 555
FMA 75746
Anatomical terms of bone

The pharyngeal tubercle is a part of the occipital bone of the head and neck. It is located on the lower surface of the basilar part of occipital bone. It is the site of attachment of the pharyngeal raphe.

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Structure

The pharyngeal tubercle is located on the inferior surface of the basilar part of occipital bone. [1] This about 1 cm anterior to the foramen magnum.

Attachments

The pharyngeal tubercle gives attachment to the pharyngeal raphe [2] [3] [4] and, thereby, the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle which forms it. [4]

See also

References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 132 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ↑ King, Elbert W. (1 January 1952). "A roentgenographic study of pharyngeal growth 1". The Angle Orthodontist . 22 (1): 23–37. ISSN   0003-3219.
  2. ↑ Shimada, Kazuyuki; Gasser, Raymond Frank (1988). "Variations of the pharyngeal raphe" . Clinical Anatomy. 1 (4): 285–294. doi:10.1002/ca.980010405. ISSN   1098-2353. S2CID   86662036.
  3. ↑ Gauffin, Jan; Sundberg, Johan (1978). "Pharyngeal Constrictions" . Phonetica . 35 (3): 157–168. doi:10.1159/000259927. ISSN   0031-8388. PMID   674388. S2CID   3315732.
  4. 1 2 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 712. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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