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Which muscles in the wall of the pharynx have fibers that run in a somewhat longitudinal direction?
Which muscles in the wall of the pharynx have fibers that run in a somewhat longitudinal direction?
- Cricopharyngeus and inferior constrictor muscles
- Stylopharyngeus and salpingopharyngeus muscles (correct)
- Middle constrictor and inferior constrictor muscles
- Superior constrictor and middle constrictor muscles
What is the name of the fibrous band or raphe that extends from the pharyngeal tubercle on the basilar part of the occipital bone of the skull down to the esophagus?
What is the name of the fibrous band or raphe that extends from the pharyngeal tubercle on the basilar part of the occipital bone of the skull down to the esophagus?
- Pharyngeal wall
- Killian's dehiscence
- Cricopharyngeus muscle
- None of the above (correct)
Which muscle passes horizontally around the lowest and narrowest part of the pharynx and acts as a sphincter?
Which muscle passes horizontally around the lowest and narrowest part of the pharynx and acts as a sphincter?
- Cricopharyngeus muscle (correct)
- Stylopharyngeus muscle
- Inferior constrictor muscle
- Salpingopharyngeus muscle
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