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Name the three divisions of the common pharynx?	Laryngeal pharynx Oropharynx Nasopharynx	Link to Answer Article
What type of muscle lines the walls of the pharynx?	Striated	Link to Answer Article
Which muscles constrict the pharynx?	Hyopharyngeous Pterygopharyngeous Palatopharyngeous Thyropharyngeous Cricopharyngeous	Link to Answer Article
Which muscle dilates the pharynx?	Stlyopharyngeous	Link to Answer Article
Which muscle shortens the pharynx?	Ptergopharyngeous	Link to Answer Article
Which muscle closes the palatopharyngeal arch?	Palatopharyngeous	Link to Answer Article
Which nerves supply the major innervation to the pharynx?	Vagus nerve (CN X) Stylopharyngeous supplied by the accessory nerve (CN XI)	Link to Answer Article
Which nerve supplies taste to the pharynx?	Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)	Link to Answer Article

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What structure marks the joining of the laryngeal pharynx and the oesophagus?	Mucosal Folds	Link to Answer Article
In which species is the demarcation between the laryngeal pharynx and the oesophagus clearest?	Canine	Link to Answer Article
The floor of the laryngeal pharynx opens into which structure?	The larynx	Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the laryngeal pharynx?	Stratified squamous epithelium	Link to Answer Article

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Which nerves innervate the oropharynx?	Vagus nerve (CN X) Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)	Link to Answer Article
Which muscle dilates the oropharynx?	Stylopharyngeus	Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the oropharynx?	Stratified squamous epithelium	Link to Answer Article

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In the dorsal region of the nasopharynx, there are paired openings into which structure?	Auditory (eustacian) tubes	Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the nasopharynx?	Pseudostratified columnar epithelium	Link to Answer Article

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