| cricopharyngeal | Relating to the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx; a part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx. See: inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cricopharyngeal ligament | <anatomy> An elastic band connecting the tip of the corniculate (Santorini's) cartilage and the lamina of the cricoid cartilage and continuing into the pharyngeal mucosa covering the cricoid lamina. Synonym: ligamentum cricopharyngeum, corniculopharyngeal ligament, cricosantorinian ligament, jugal ligament, ligamentum corniculopharyngeum, ligamentum jugale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricopharyngeal myotomy | Division of the cephalad portion of the cricopharyngeus muscle, usually for treatment of Zenker's oesophageal diverticulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cricopharyngeal part of inferior pharyngeal constrictor | See: inferior constrictor muscle of pharynx. Synonym: pars cricopharyngea musculi constrictoris pharyngis inferioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| constriction | The act of constricting. (12 Dec 1998) |
| constriction, pathologic | The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| constriction ring | The equatorial ring of microfilaments that diminishes in diameter probably both by contraction and disassembly as cytokinesis proceeds. (18 Nov 1997) |
| primary constriction | The narrowing between the two arms of the chromosome represented by the centromere. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary constriction | A subsidiary narrowing of the chromosome associated in some cases with satellites. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloric constriction | A prominent fold of mucous membrane at the gastroduodenal junction overlying the pyloric sphincter. Synonym: pyloric valve, valvula pylori, valvulae pylori. (05 Mar 2000) |