innervated by has muscle origin has muscle insertion chordate pharyngeal muscle chordate pharynx thyroid cartilage vagus nerve accessory XI nerve hard palate palatal muscle respiratory system muscle palatopharyngeus muscle musculus palatopharyngeus FMA:46666 pharyngopalatinus muscle Wikipedia:Palatopharyngeus_muscle palatopharyngeus SCTID:244796000 pharyngopalatinus UBERON:0010234 The palatopharyngeus or palatopharyngeal or pharyngopalatinus muscle is a long, fleshy fasciculus, narrower in the middle than at either end, forming, with the mucous membrane covering its surface, the palatopharyngeal arch. palatopharyngeal muscle lateral structure