A muscle of the pharynx that attaches to the cartilage of the larynx; part of the muscular wall of the throat involved in swallowing.
From Greek 'chondros' (cartilage) + 'pharynx' (throat) + Latin '-eus' (masculine singular). This anatomical term combines Greek anatomy vocabulary with Latin grammatical endings typical of muscle naming.
The chondropharyngeus muscle is one of many tiny muscles most people never think about, yet you use it thousands of times daily when you swallow—it shows how complex even simple actions like eating are.
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