In that report, the animals were anesthetized and a series of electrode placements began at the mylohyoid muscle and progressed caudally as far as the inferior pharyngeal constrictor ...

a: The constrictor and lateral suspensory muscles of the pharynx viewed from the posterior aspect, showing: the pharyngeal raphe, and the superior, middle and inferior pharyngeal constrictor ...

The presence of a pre-existing congenital defect in the posterior pharyngeal wall between the oblique and transverse fibers of the inferior constrictor is a primary factor in the formation of a ...

In the DO-IMRT group, radiation doses to pharyngeal constrictor muscles lying outside of the tumor target area were limited to 50 Gy.

Dose distributions (Gy) are labeled. Blue (long arrow), pharyngeal constrictor; purple (short arrows), lateral retropharyngeal nodal sites; yellow, planning target volumes. The medial retropharyngeal ...