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Constrictor

Pharyngeal constrictor, one of the muscles that serves to constrict the pharynx.

Cricopharyngeal ligament

The Cricopharyngeal ligament extends from the cricoid lamina to the midline of the pharynx.

Gersemia rubiformis

In Puget Sound, juvenile basket stars (Gorgonocephalus eucnemis) have been found to be living, growing and feeding inside the pharynges of Gersemia rubiformis polyps, only becoming free-living when they have grown large enough to catch food for themselves.

Killian's dehiscence

Killian's dehiscence (also known as Killian's triangle, Laimer triangle, Laimer-Killian triangle, or Laimer-Haeckermann area) is a triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the thyropharyngeus part of the inferior constrictor of the pharynx and the cricopharyngeus muscle, also of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharnyx (also see Pharyngeal pouch).


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