See Also: aponeurosis pharyngea(medicine)
bursa pharyngea(medicine)
pars pharyngea hypophyseos(medicine)
arteria pharyngea ascendens(medicine)
pars chondropharyngea musculi constrictoris pharyngea medii(medicine)
Aponeurosis(medicine)
aponeurosis(dictionary)
epicranial aponeurosis(medicine)
extensor aponeurosis(medicine)
lingual aponeurosis(medicine)

polyphony (iou) and aponeurosis pharyngea (medicine)


polyphony (iou)



polyphony noun. E19.
[Greek poluphonia, formed as POLYPHONE: see -PHONY.]
Multiplicity of sounds. rare. E19.
Music. The simultaneous combination of a number of parts, each forming an individual melody, and harmonizing with each Other; the style of composition in which the parts are so combined; polyphonic composition; counterpoint. M19.
fig.: New Statesman A polyphony of death, Art and 'incorporeal love'.
Philology. The symbolization of different vocal sounds by the same letter etc.; polyphonic character. rare. L19.

aponeurosis pharyngea (medicine)


aponeurosis pharyngea -->
pharyngobasilar fascia


The fibrous coat of the pharyngeal wall situated between the mucous and muscular coats; it is attached above to the basilar part of the occipital bone, and the petrous part of the temporal bone. This layer and the mucosa which lines it forms the wall of the non-muscular pharynx (pharyngeal vault) above the superior pharyngesl constrictor muscle.

Synonym: fascia pharyngobasilaris, aponeurosis pharyngea, tela submucosa pharyngis.