salpingopharyngeus

noun
sal·​pin·​go·​pha·​ryn·​ge·​us | \ -fə-ˈrin-jē-əs How to pronounce salpingopharyngeus (audio) \

Medical Definition of salpingopharyngeus

: a muscle of the pharynx that arises from the inferior part of the eustachian tube near its opening and passes downward to join the posterior part of the palatopharyngeus