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pharyngeal plexuses

pharyngeal plexuses is the plural of pharyngeal plexus.

Meaning of pharyngeal plexus

Noun

pharyngeal plexus (plural pharyngeal plexuses)

  1. A plexus formed by branches of the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and sympathetic nerves supplying the muscles and mucous membrane of the pharynx and adjoining parts.

Questions about pharyngeal plexuses

What is pharyngeal plexuses the plural of?
Pharyngeal plexuses is the plural of pharyngeal plexus.

Words near pharyngeal plexuses in the dictionary

  1. pharyngeal constrictor
  2. pharyngeal constrictors
  3. pharyngeal jaw
  4. pharyngeal jaws
  5. pharyngeal plexus
  6. pharyngeal plexuses
  7. pharyngeal reflex
  8. pharyngeal reflexes
  9. pharyngeal tonsil
  10. pharyngeal tonsils
  11. pharyngealisation

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