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Concept UI
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M0016486
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Scope Note
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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).
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Terms
- Pharynx Preferred Term
Term UI T031336
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966)
- Throat
Term UI T031337
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)