pharynx muscles

Question 1

superior constrictor muscles

Answer 1

1st muscle of sequential contraction forcing material to move down, bilateral anterior attachment of the buccinator via the pterygomandibular raphae

Question 2

middle constrictor muscles

Answer 2

2nd muscle of sequential contraction forcing material to move down, bilateral anterior attachment- greater horn of the hyoid bone

Question 3

inferior constrictor muscles

Answer 3

3rd muscle of sequential contraction forcing material to move down, bilateral anterior attachment- oblique line of the thyroid cartilage

Question 4

motor innervation of the pharynx muscles

Answer 4

Pharyngeal Plexus- CN IX and X (Glossopharyngeal and Vagus)

Question 5

Sensory information from pharynx

Answer 5

all sensory info from oropharynx and laryngopharynx via pharyngeal plexus