Palatopharyngeal arch
Palatopharyngeal arch | |
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The mouth cavity. The cheeks have been slit transversely and the tongue pulled forward. (Pharyngopalatine arch labeled at upper right.) | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | arcus palatopharyngeus, arcus pharyngopalatinus |
TA98 | A05.2.01.007 |
TA2 | 2849 |
FMA | 55025 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The palatopharyngeal arch (pharyngopalatine arch, posterior pillar of fauces) is larger and projects farther toward the middle line than the palatoglossal arch; it runs downward, lateralward, and backward to the side of the pharynx, and is formed by the projection of the palatopharyngeal muscle, covered by mucous membrane.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1137 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- lesson10 at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- Anatomy figure: 34:01-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- "Anatomy diagram: 05287.011-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22.
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Anatomy of the mouth
- Vermilion border
- Cupid's bow
- Frenulum of lower lip
- Labial commissure of mouth
- Philtrum
- White roll
- see tooth anatomy
- Oropharynx
- fauces
- Plica semilunaris of the fauces
- Uvula
- Palatoglossal arch
- Palatopharyngeal arch
- Tonsillar fossa
- Palatine tonsil
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