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pharynx

Identification
Official Latin term pharynx
Official term pharynx
Unit identifier TAH:U2460
Unit type single
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit pharynx
Links of entity generic: pharynx
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: pharynx
Taxonomic links Level 1: anatomical complex Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: anatomical heterogeneous complex
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition the musculomembranous passage between the mouth and posterior nares and the larynx and esophagus. The part above the level of the soft palate is the nasopharynx, which communicates with the auditory tube. The lower portion consists of two sections—the oropharynx, which lies between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis, and the hypopharynx, which lies below the upper edge of the epiglottis and opens into the larynx and esophagus.
Taxonomic definition The pharynx is an anatomical heterogeneous complex [complexus heterogeneus anatomicus ] which is a passage between the mouth and posterior nares and the larynx and esophagus
Spatial definition Global position is head and neck. It is the intersection of the alimentary track from oral cavity to oesophageus and the respiratory tract from nares to trachea. It is a vertical structure extending from C1 to C5 in the anterior part of the neck.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U2275
digestive system SOS
TAH:U2460 pharynx SOS
TAH:U15919
layers of pharynx TOS
TAH:U15920
muscular layer of pharynx SOT
TAH:U2487
submucosa of pharynx SOT
TAH:U2488
mucosa of pharynx SOT
TAH:U2489
pharyngeal glands TOT
TAH:U2461
cavity of pharynx SOS
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 20.11.2025