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ANATOMY IN A NUTSHELL. 



vertebrae. The pharynx also belongs to the respiratory system. The middle 

 segmenl of the pharynx is common to the alimentary and respiratory systems, 

 and the tracts followed by the food and air cross obliquely in it. The pharynx 

 lias three tunics, the mucous, areolar, and muscular. 



PLATE CXI. I. 



TENSOR PALATI. 



EUSTACHIAN TUBE 



LEVATOR PALATI 

 PTERYGOMANDIBULAR LIGAMENT 

 STYLO-PHARYNGEUS. 



9TH NERVE-GLOSS O-PHARYNGEAL 

 "STYLO-GLOSSUS 



MYLO-HYOID 

 HYO-GLOSSUS 



S T YL0-HYOID 

 D I GASTRIC 



THYROID CARTILAGE 



STYLOHYOID LIGAMENT 



HYPOGLOSSAL 



SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL N. 



CURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE 



Showing the Muscles of the Pharynx. 



The muscles of the pharnyx ( Plate CXLI) arc Superior constrictor, Middle 

 constrictor, Inferior constrictor, Stylo-pharyngeus, Palato-pharyngeus, and 



Salpingo-pharyngeus. The Constrictors are supplied by branches from the 

 pharyngeal plexus. The Stylo-pharyngeus by the glosso-pharyngeal nerve 



