PETRO-PHARYNGEUS

(Lat.), n. m. PeH-ro(ro3 )-fa2r(far)- I2n(un2)'je2(ge:i)-u3stu4s). From n-erp a, a rock, and dpvy(, the throat. A muscle which arises from the lower part of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and, running down, is blended with the fibres of the constrict ores pharyngis. [L.] [s. 248]