📚 Pharyngeal, adjective. 🔉 /fəˈrɪn(d)ʒɪəl/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: Relating to the pharynx. ❗️ Examples: 1. The hypoglossal and glossopharyngeal nerves innervate pharyngeal dilator muscles. 2. The levator veli palatini muscle, which elevates the soft palate, is innervated by a pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve. 3. Its fibers pass dorsally from an extensive anterior attachment to insert on the pharyngeal raphe, the pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone. 4. The muscular walls of the pharynx constitute three overlapping sheets of striated muscle, the pharyngeal constrictors. 5. Combined stimulation of the hypoglossus branch and pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve produced significant interactions between pressure and stimulation in the caudal oropharynx. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic