palatopharyngeus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A small muscle in the posterior pillar of the palate, inserted into the stylopharyngeus. See fauces, and cut under tonsil. Also called palatipharyngeus, pharyngopalatinus, thyreopalatinus, constrictor isthmi faucium posterior.

Wiktionary

1. n. anatomy A long, fleshy fasciculus, narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with the mucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch.