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Palatopharyngeal arch

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
a_58/12150638

FMA
  
55025

TA
  
A05.2.01.007

Palatopharyngeal arch

Latin
  
arcus palatopharyngeus, arcus pharyngopalatinus

The palatopharyngeal arch (pharyngopalatine arch, posterior pillar of fauces) is larger and projects farther toward the middle line than the Palatoglossal arch; it runs downward, lateralward, and backward to the side of the pharynx, and is formed by the projection of the Pharyngopalatinus, covered by mucous membrane.

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Palatopharyngeal arch Wikipedia