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Pharyngeal Tubercle
Skeletal System

Pharyngeal Tubercle

Tuberculum pharyngeum

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Description

The pharyngeal tubercle is the small prominence found along the midline on the inferior aspect of the basilar part of occipital bone. It provides an attachment site for the pharyngeal raphe.

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