Pharyngeal tubercle
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Occipitanl bone. Outer surface. (Pharyngeal tubercle not labeled but visible at bottom, at center of box, labeled as attachment point of constrictor pharyngis superior.)
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Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pharyngeal tubercle labeled at right, eighth from the bottom.)
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| Latin | tuberculum pharyngeum |
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t_21/12829034 |
| TA | A02.1.04.007 |
| FMA | 75746 |
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Anatomical terms of bone
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On the lower surface of the basilar part of occipital bone, about 1 cm. anterior to the foramen magnum, is the pharyngeal tubercle which gives attachment to the fibrous raphe of the pharynx, also known as the pharyngeal raphe.
This is the point of attachment for the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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