| Term | Definition |
| 3 parts of the pharynx | nasal, oral, laryngeal |
| Fauces | space between palatine tonsils |
| Soft Palate muscles | Palatoglossus
Palatopharyngeal
Muscles of uvula
Levator veli palatini
Tensor veli palatini |
| Pharyngreal Constrictors | Superior pharyngeal constrictor
Middle pharyngeal constrictor
Inferior pharyngeal constrictor |
| Pharyngeal elevators & dilators | Palatopharyngeus
Stylopharyngeus
Salpingopharyngeus |
| Palatoglossus m. | Anterior faucial pillar
O: Posterior end hard palate & anterior end soft palate
I: posterolateral part of tongue
F: narrow space bw fauces
N: XI cranial n. |
| Palatopharyngeus m. | Posterior faucial pillar
*"McD" arches
O: posterolateral soft palate
I: pharyngeal constrictor m. & thyroid cartilage
F: elevates pharynx & larynx
narrows posterior faucial pillar
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Muscles of uvula | O:posterior end hard palate
I: soft palate
F: shortens, broadens, changes contour of soft palate
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Levator veli palatini | O: temporal bone & medial wall of auditory canal
I: posterior soft palate
F: elevates posterior soft palate
* can open auditory tube
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Tensor veli palatini | O: medial pterygoid plate & lateral wal of auditory canal
I: posterior hard palate & anterior soft palate
F: tenses anterior soft palate
* can open auditory canal
N: V3 cranial n. *** |
| Superior pharyngeal constrictor | O: hamular process of medial pterygoid plate & pterygomandibular raphe & alveolar processes
I: median raphe & base of skull anterior to magnum foramen
F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Middle pharyngeal constrictor | O: upper hyoid bone & styloid ligament
I: median raphe
F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Inferior pharyngeal constrictor | O: thyroid cartilage of larynx
I: median raphe
F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Stylopharyngeus | *primary dilator of pharynx**
O: medial side of styloid process
I: lateral pharyngeal wall & thyroid cartilage of larynx
F: dilates pharynx, lifts pharynx in swallowing
N: IX cranial n. *** |
| Salpingopharyngeus | O: auditory tube in nasal pharynx
I: palatopharygeus m. & lateral pharyngeal wall
F: dilates pharynx, lifts pharynx in swallowing
N: X & XI cranial n. |
| Soft palate & pharynx part of _________ system(s) | digestive & respiratory |
| Speech muscles | levator veli palatini & muscles of uvula |
