Palatopharyngeal arch

Palatopharyngeal arch
The mouth cavity. The cheeks have been slit transversely and the tongue pulled forward. (Pharyngopalatine arch labeled at upper right.)
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Identifiers
Latin	arcus palatopharyngeus, arcus pharyngopalatinus
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_58/12150638
TA	A05.2.01.007
FMA	55025
Anatomical terminology []

The palatopharyngeal arch (pharyngopalatine arch, posterior pillar of fauces) is larger and projects farther toward the middle line than the Palatoglossal arch; it runs downward, lateralward, and backward to the side of the pharynx, and is formed by the projection of the Pharyngopalatinus, covered by mucous membrane.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)