Pharynx

The pharynx (: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs respectively). It is found in vertebrates and invertebrates, though its structure varies across species. The pharynx carries food to the esophagus and air to the larynx. The flap of cartilage called the epiglottis stops food from entering the larynx.

The adenoid, also known as the pharyngeal tonsil, or nasopharyngeal tonsil is the superior-most of the tonsils. It is a mass of lymphoid tissue located behind the nasal cavity, in the roof and the posterior wall of the nasopharynx, where the nose blends into the throat. In children, it normally forms a soft mound in the roof and back wall of the nasopharynx, just above and behind the uvula.

9th cranial nerve, mixed nerve that carries afferent sensory and efferent motor information

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arises from the external carotid between the superior thyroid and facial artery

muscle of the soft palate

Human disease

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a ringed arrangement of lymphoid tissue in the pharynx.

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muscle of pharynx

mophological feature in some fish

part of the oropharynx directly behind the mouth cavity, bounded superiorly by the soft palate, laterally by the palatoglossal arches, and inferiorly by the tongue

repeated openings that appear along the pharynx of chordates

fossa involved in speech

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