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Salpingopharyngeus
Other Terms:
Musculus salpingopharyngeus,
Muscle salpingo-pharyngien
Muscle parts
None
Latin name
Musculus salpingopharyngeus
Latin muscle parts
None
Group
Branchial arch muscle – fourth arch (Pharyngeal muscle)
Etymology
In English, this muscle’s name is the muscle of the trumpet and cleft, or gully. The term salpingo in this word comes from the Greek word salpinx meaning “trumpet.” The word pharynx, what is referred to as the throat, arises from the Greek pharangos meaning “cleft, gulley, or ravine.”
Origin
Cartilage of the pharyngotympanic tube at the base of its pharyngeal opening
Insertion
Lateral and posterior walls of the pharynx, posterior margin of the thyroid cartilage
Action
Elevates the superior lateral wall of the pharynx.
Nerve supply
Vagus nerve (Cranial nerve X)
Blood supply
The muscle receives blood from the pharyngeal branches of the ascending pharyngeal artery. It also is supplied by the ascending palatine artery, a cervical branch of the facial artery.
Latin
Musculus salpingopharyngeus
French
Muscle salpingo-pharyngien
