Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middle pharyngeal constrictor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables: mid-dle pha-ryn-geal -con-stric-tor
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

7

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoid ligament, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.

Inflected Forms

middle pharyngeal constrictors (plural) middle constrictor (alternative) constrictor pharyngis medius (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

inferior pharyngeal constrictor superior pharyngeal constrictor

Questions

What does middle pharyngeal constrictor mean?: A fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoid ligament, inserts into the median line at the back of the pharynx, and acts to constrict part of the pharynx in swallowing.

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