Pharyngeal raphe

Pharyngeal raphe
Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. (Pharyngeal raphe not labeled, but region is visible.)
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Identifiers
Latinraphe pharyngis
TA98A05.3.01.101
TA22177
FMA55077
Anatomical terminology

The pharyngeal raphe is a raphe that serves as the posterior attachment for several of the pharyngeal constrictors (thyropharyngeal part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle, superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle).[1][2] Two sides of the pharyngeal wall are joined posteriorly in the midline by the raphe. Superiorly, it attaches to the pharyngeal tubercle; inferiorly, it extends to the level of vertebra C6 where it blends with the posterior wall of the esophagus.

  1. ^ Drake, Richard L. (2019). Gray's anatomy for students (4th ed.). Philadelphia, MO: Elsevier. p. 1032. ISBN 978-0-323-39304-1.
  2. ^ Standring, Susan; Gray, Henry, eds. (2021). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (42nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 712–713. ISBN 978-0-7020-7705-0. OCLC 1202943188.