Anatomic continuity of longitudinal pharyngeal and esophageal muscles

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-287

  Wang, Qin ^a   Xu, Shengchun ^a   Tu, Lili ^a   Liu, Yehai ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cricopharyngeal triangle; Deglutition; Longitudinal muscles; Pharyngoesophageal junction; Pharyngoesophageal shortenings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; CADAVER; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DEGLUTITION; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGUS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 33846799267     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000249935.81808.df     Document Type: Article

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