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

Preferred term

Pharynx  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Throat
  • Throats

Note

  • inflammation = PHARYNGITIS; /surg: consider also PHARYNGECTOMY & PHARYNGOSTOMY; HYPOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX; & OROPHARYNX are also available

Scope note

  • A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx).

In other languages

  • nielu

    Finnish

  • farynks
  • kurkku
  • pharynx
  • Svalg

    Swedish

  • Farynx

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010614

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