This podcast discusses the basic layered structural anatomy of the pharynx revisiting its attachment to the skull base and including the anatomical description of the 3 constrictor muscles (superior, middle and inferior - thyro- and cricopharyngeus) and the internal pharyngeal muscles (the salpingopharyngeus, the stylopharyngeus and the palatopharyngeus).

The vascular, neural and lymphatic anatomy is considered.

The next podcast is on the anatomy of the larynx.