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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Pharynx
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Faringe
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Faringe
Synonyms
English
:
Throat
Tree Number:
A03.556.750
A04.623
A14.724
Definition
English
:
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).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
inflammation =
PHARYNGITIS
; /surg: consider also
PHARYNGECTOMY
&
PHARYNGOSTOMY
;
HYPOPHARYNX
;
NASOPHARYNX
; &
OROPHARYNX
are also available
See Related
English
:
Pharyngectomy
Pharyngostomy
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
abnormalities
anatomy & histology
blood supply
chemistry
cytology
drug effects
embryology
enzymology
growth & development
immunology
injuries
innervation
metabolism
microbiology
pathology
physiology
physiopathology
parasitology
radiography
radiation effects
radionuclide imaging
secretion
surgery
ultrastructure
ultrasonography
virology
Record Number:
10803
Unique Identifier:
D010614
Occurrence in VHL
:
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