Medical Definition of Pharyngeal fornix

1. The non-muscular upper end of the nasopharynx where the pharyngeal mucosa is firmly applied to the body of the sphenoid bone and to pharyngobasilar fascia. Synonym: fornix pharyngis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pharyngeal Fornix

pharyngeal branch of descending palatine artery
pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve
pharyngeal branch of inferior thyroid artery
pharyngeal branch of pterygopalatine ganglion
pharyngeal branch of the artery of pterygoid canal
pharyngeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery
pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve
pharyngeal branches
pharyngeal bursa
pharyngeal calculus
pharyngeal cartilages
pharyngeal diseases
pharyngeal fistula
pharyngeal flap
pharyngeal fornix (current term)
pharyngeal glands
pharyngeal grooves
pharyngeal hypophysis
pharyngeal isthmus
pharyngeal membranes
pharyngeal mucosa
pharyngeal muscles
pharyngeal opening of auditory tube
pharyngeal opening of eustachian tube
pharyngeal pituitary
pharyngeal plexus
pharyngeal pouch syndrome
pharyngeal raphe
pharyngeal recess

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