| pharyngeal branch of pterygopalatine ganglion | Branch of pterygopalatine ganglion passing posteriorly through pharyngeal canal to supply postsynaptic parasympathetic fibres to mucus glands of nasopharynx. Synonym: ramus pharyngeus ganglii pterygopalatini, Bock's nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pharyngeal branch of the artery of pterygoid canal | Distributed to uppermost nasopharynx (pharyngeal recesses). Synonym: ramus pharyngeus arteriae canalis pterygoidei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution: walls of oro-and nasopharynx. Synonym: rami pharyngeales arteriae pharyngeae ascendentis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Conveys motor fibres from the cranial root of the accessory nerve to the pharyngeal constrictor muscles, the intrinsic muscles of the soft palate and the levator palati muscle; may also bring some general sensory fibres to the pharyngeal plexus. Synonym: rami pharyngei nervi vagi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal branches | Branches to the pharynx. Synonym: pharyngei, rami pharyngeales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal bursa | <anatomy> A cystic notochordal remnant found inconstantly in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the lower end of the pharyngeal tonsil. Synonym: bursa pharyngea, Luschka's bursa, Tornwaldt's cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal calculus | A concretion in the pharynx. Synonym: pharyngeal calculus. Origin: pharyngo-+ G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal canal | On the undersurface of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, a furrow that is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it transmits the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym: canalis palatovaginalis, palatovaginal canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal cartilages | Cartilage's developing within the vertebrate or embryonic branchial arches; they form the cartilaginous viscerocranium. Synonym: pharyngeal cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal diseases | General or unspecified diseases of the pharynx. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pharyngeal fistula | A form of fistula colli congenita. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal flap | A flap from the posterior wall of the pharynx to the soft palate, as a speech aid in cleft palate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal fornix | The non-muscular upper end of the nasopharynx where the pharyngeal mucosa is firmly applied to the body of the sphenoid bone and to pharyngobasilar fascia. Synonym: fornix pharyngis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal glands | Racemose mucous glands beneath the mucous membrane of the pharynx. Synonym: glandulae pharyngeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pharyngeal grooves | Embryonic endodermal or ectodermal groove's between successive pharyngeal arches. (05 Mar 2000) |