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| Posterior tongue | |
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| The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. | |
| Latin | pars posterior dorsi linguae |
| Gray's | subject #243 1125 |
| Nerve | hypoglossal (motor), glossopharyngeal (sensory) |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_07/12617579 |
The Posterior tongue, or pharyngeal part, is the part of the tongue behind the terminal sulcus.
At its root, it is directed backward, and connected with the hyoid bone by the Hyoglossi and Genioglossi muscles and the hyoglossal membrane; with the epiglottis by three folds (glossoepiglottic) of mucous membrane; with the soft palate by the glossopalatine arches; and with the pharynx by the Constrictores pharyngis superiores and the mucous membrane.
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