Medical Definition of Cricopharyngeal ligament
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An elastic band connecting the tip of the corniculate (Santorini's) cartilage and the lamina of the cricoid cartilage and continuing into the pharyngeal mucosa covering the cricoid lamina.
Synonym: ligamentum cricopharyngeum, corniculopharyngeal ligament, cricosantorinian ligament, jugal ligament, ligamentum corniculopharyngeum, ligamentum jugale.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cricopharyngeal Ligament
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