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Respiratory System > Pharynx > Oropharynx
Stomatognathic System > Pharynx > Oropharynx
Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Pharynx > Oropharynx

Preferred term

Oropharynx  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

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Note

  • inflammation: index under PHARYNGITIS & do not bother to coordinate with OROPHARYNX (NIM) unless particularly discussed

Scope note

  • The middle portion of the pharynx that lies posterior to the mouth, inferior to the SOFT PALATE, and superior to the base of the tongue and EPIGLOTTIS. It has a digestive function as food passes from the mouth into the oropharynx before entering ESOPHAGUS.

History note

  • 79

In other languages

  • suunielu

    Finnish

  • keskinielu
  • mesofarynks
  • mesopharynx
  • orofarynks
  • oropharynx
  • pars oralis pharyngis
  • Orofarynx

    Swedish

  • Mellansvalget
  • Munsvalget

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009960

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