"courses inferiorly adjacent to the pharynx where it flattens out, passing between the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor muscles. A few fibres merge with the lateral glossoepiglottic fold and the constrictor muscles. Other fibres join the palatopharyngeus muscle to attach onto the posterior border of the thyroid cartilage."
"pharyngeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery, from the ECA"
Expected headings
"Action"
"action: elevates the larynx and pharynx; swallowing"