Pharynx

pharynx The passageway between the mouth and the esophagus and trachea. Food passes from the pharynx to the esophagus, and air passes from the pharynx to the trachea. Full article ...

pharynx tube connecting the mouth of the esophagus and also to the larynx Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...

oropharynx Definition of oropharynx Central part of the throat that lies behind the mouth, between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.

pharynx, esophagus, stomach, upper duodenum, respiratory tract (including the lungs), liver, gallbladder, and pancreas branches of the celiac artery midgut ...

pharynx (fah-rinks) An area in the vertebrate throat where air and food passages cross; in flatworms, the muscular tube that protrudes from the ventral side of the worm and ends in the mouth. phenetics ...

pharynx -- Cavity in the digestive tract just past the mouth itself. May be muscularized for sucking or swallowing in various animals. phylum -- n. A category in the hierarchy of animal classification between class and kingdom; phyla- pl.

pharynx The part of the digestive tract between the mouth cavity and the esophagus that, in vertebrates, is common to both digestive and respiratory tracts. In cephalochordates the gill slits open from it.

The Mouth and Pharynx Mechanical breakdown begins in the mouth by chewing (teeth) and actions of the tongue. Chemical breakdown of starch by production of salivary amylase from the salivary glands.

In the fishes these structures form the gill slits through which water moves from the pharynx, over the gills and out of the body. Sometimes human babies are born with left over small pits in the neck area.

Epithelial cells like those in the nasopharynx have receptors that are responsible for transporting IgA and IgM antibodies from the blood to the cell surface. The pneumococcus exploits this receptor for a return trip into the cell.

It is marked by inflammation of the nasal mucosa, the pharynx and conjunctiva and by headache and severe, often generalised myalgia. Fever, chills and prostration are common.

Pharyngitis an inflammation of the mucus membrane in the throat‚ a sore throat (pharynx = throat; -itis = inflammation of)    Pharynx the throat area shared in common by the respiratory and digestive systems (pharynx = throat) ...

Spratt (University of Sussex, U.K.), both inter- and intraspecies recombination can occur in bacteria, particularly when the bacteria coexist in an environment such as the nasopharynx.

[Gr. thyreoeides - sheild form]. An endocrine gland in the throat region which is responsible for controlling metabolism and growth. It is formed from a ventral diverticulum of the endoderm of the pharynx at the level of the second pharyngeal arch.

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