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Pharyngeal raphe
Muscles of the pharynx, viewed from behind, together with the associated vessels and nerves. (Pharyngeal raphe not labeled, but region is visible.)
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Identifiers
Latin	raphe pharyngis
TA98	A05.3.01.101
TA2	2177
FMA	55077
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The pharyngeal raphe is a raphe that serves as the posterior attachment for several of the pharyngeal constrictors (thyropharyngeal part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle, superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle). Two sides of the pharyngeal wall are joined posteriorly in the midline by the raphe. Superiorly, it attaches to the pharyngeal tubercle; inferiorly, it extends to the level of vertebra C6 where it blends with the posterior wall of the esophagus.

References

1. Drake, Richard L. (2019). Gray's anatomy for students (4th ed.). Philadelphia, MO: Elsevier. p. 1032. ISBN 978-0-323-39304-1.
2. Standring, Susan; Gray, Henry, eds. (2021). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (42nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 712–713. ISBN 978-0-7020-7705-0. OCLC 1202943188.

External links

• Anatomy figure: 31:02-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Anatomy photo:31:12-0101 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Illustration (#32)

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