Pharyngeal constrictors muscles

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the three pharyngeal constrictores muscles

As Musculi constrictor pharyngeal to German pharynx are three muscles in the throat called that when swallowing play an essential role:

The throat constricters are so-called "wrongly arranged like a tile", in that the next lower muscle surrounds the next higher muscle on the outside.

The innervation takes place through the cranial nerves IX and X .