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Pharyngeal plexus

Pharyngeal plexus can refer to:

  • Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve – a network of pharyngeal nerves
  • Pharyngeal plexus (venous) – a network of pharyngeal veins
Pharyngeal plexus (venous)

The pharyngeal plexus (venous) is a network of veins beginning in the pharyngeal plexus on the outer surface of the pharynx, and, after receiving some posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the pterygoid canal, end in the internal jugular.