stylopharyngeus

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.fəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.əs/|/ˌstaɪ.loʊˌfæɹ.ənˈd͡ʒi.əs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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 laterally.

词形变化

stylopharyngei plural

词源

Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.
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