Pharyngeal branch
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Pharyngeal branch can refer to any one of several different structures near the pharynx
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Pharynx
The human pharynx is the part of the throat situated immediately posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity, and anterior to the esophagus and larynx. The human pharynx is conventionally divided into three sections: the nasopharynx , the oropharynx , and the laryngopharynx...
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- Nerves
- Pharyngeal branch of vagus nervePharyngeal branch of vagus nerveThe pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve, the principal motor nerve of the pharynx, arises from the upper part of the ganglion nodosum, and consists principally of filaments from the cranial portion of the accessory nerve....
- "ramus pharyngeus nervi vagi" - Pharyngeal branches of recurrent laryngeal nerveRecurrent laryngeal nerveThe recurrent laryngeal nerve is a branch of the vagus nerve that supplies motor function and sensation to the larynx . It travels within the endoneurium...
- "rami pharyngei nervi laryngei recurrentis" - Pharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nervePharyngeal branches of glossopharyngeal nerveThe pharyngeal branches of the glossopharyngeal nerve are three or four filaments which unite, opposite the Constrictor pharyngis medius, with the pharyngeal branches of the vagus and sympathetic, to form the pharyngeal plexus....
- "rami pharyngei nervi glossopharyngei" - Pharyngeal nervePharyngeal nerveThe pharyngeal nerve is a small branch arising from the posterior part of the pterygopalatine ganglion.It passes through the pharyngeal canal with the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary nerve, and is distributed to the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx, behind the auditory tube....
of pterygopalatine ganglionPterygopalatine ganglionThe pterygopalatine ganglion is a parasympathetic ganglion found in the pterygopalatine fossa. It is one of four parasympathetic ganglia of the head and neck....
- Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
- Arteries
- Pharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal arteryPharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal arteryThe pharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal artery are small branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery.They are three or four in number. Two of these descend to supply the Constrictores pharyngis medius and inferior and the Stylopharyngeus, ramifying in their substance and in the mucous...
- "rami pharyngeales arteriae pharyngeae ascendentis" - Pharyngeal branch of artery of pterygoid canal - "ramus pharyngeus arteriae canalis pterygoidei"
- Pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid arteryPharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid arteryThe pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid artery supply the pharynx....
- "rami pharyngeales arteriae thyroideae inferioris"
- Pharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal artery