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A reappraisal of the salpingo-pharyngeus muscle

Eine Neubeurteilung des M. pharyngotubalis

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Morphologische Untersuchungen des M. pharyngotubalis des Menschen ergeben, daß der Muskel aktiv am Schluß der pharyngealen Tubenmündung beteiligt ist.

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Closure of the eustachian tube has been studied as a function of the salpingo-pharyngeus muscle. The muscle was dissected in ten cadavers and examined histologically. Its elastic fibres and anatomic relations especially during swallowing, together with other data, all confirm that the muscle is active at rest and relaxes during deglutition.

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  1. Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, WC1, London, England

    G. M. Guindi

  2. Department of Clinical Anatomy, Institute of Laryngology and Otology, Gray's Inn Road, WC1, London, England

    K. K. C. Charia

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Guindi, G.M., Charia, K.K.C. A reappraisal of the salpingo-pharyngeus muscle. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 229, 135–141 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454236

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