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pharynx::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | throat |
| Type of | tubular cavity |
| Derivation | pharyngeal |
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The oral cavity opens into a muscular sucking pharynx, also lined with cuticle.
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In the pharynx the food is lubricated by mucus secretions for easier passage.
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The disease includes cancers of the oral cavity, and the larynx and pharynx.
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The lantern, where present, surrounds both the mouth cavity and the pharynx.
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The tentacles also bear a contractile band of epithelium called the pharynx.
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A pharynx lies behind the mouth and is surrounded by a ring of ten calcareous plates.
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The gills push the oxygen-poor water out through openings in the sides of the pharynx.
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This alteration prevented opening of the pharynx, the muscle used to eat.
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The inner part of the spiracle, still connected to the pharynx, forms the eustachian tube.
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- Throat: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
- The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the neck and throat situated immediately posterior to (behind) the mouth and nasal cavity, and cranial, or superior, to the esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- Portion of the airway at the back of the throat, connecting mouth, nasal cavity and larynx.
- A technical term for the upper part of the throat at the base or back of the tongue.
- The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach).
- A region of the ingestion apparatus lying internal to the mouth (of a metazoan organism) or internal to the cytostome of a protist. Involved in the swallowing process (see cytopharynx).
- Cavity in the digestive tract just past the mouth itself. May be muscularized for sucking or swallowing in various animals.
- Anterior part of the digestive tract; often eversible, always modified for feeding purposes, sometimes also for burrowing.
- Area of throat between oral cavity and vocal cords
