stylopharyngeus
/ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈrɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/
词源链
- 英语English
stylopharyngeus
词源说明
Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.
释义
名词noun
- 1(anatomy) A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and