Medical Dictionary

salpingopharyngeus

noun sal·pin·go·pha·ryn·ge·us \-fə-ˈrin-jē-əs\

Medical Definition of SALPINGOPHARYNGEUS

:  a muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to join the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus

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