pharynx
the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus.
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Origin of pharynx
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How to use pharynx in a sentence
The plug blocks the channel between a fin whale’s mouth and its pharynx, the entrance to the respiratory and digestive tracts.
A ‘trapdoor’ made of muscle and fat helps fin whales eat without choking | Sharon Oosthoek | January 20, 2022 | Science NewsWhen a whale gulps water, the pressure leads to the plug creating a tight seal over the whale’s pharynx.
A ‘trapdoor’ made of muscle and fat helps fin whales eat without choking | Sharon Oosthoek | January 20, 2022 | Science NewsA nurse carefully swabbed the back of his nose and pharynx for a sample of the virus that had brought him to the hospital.
Inside the Global Quest to Trace the Origins of COVID-19—and Predict Where It Will Go Next | Alice Park | July 23, 2020 | TimeVincent's angina is a chronic pseudomembranous and ulcerative inflammation of pharynx and tonsils.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt subsequently loses its connection with the pharynx, and in adult life is a bilobed structure on either side of the windpipe.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
In hay fever, the itching and redness of the eyes, nose, and throat are controlled from a sensitive point in the naso-pharynx.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawThe Right Spot, as related in the chapter on Ichthyol, is either the vault of the pharynx or the upper surface of the soft palate.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawIn the higher grades, a mouth, pharynx, and sophagus precede the stomach.
British Dictionary definitions for pharynx
/ (ˈfærɪŋks) /
the part of the alimentary canal between the mouth and the oesophagus: Compare nasopharynx Related adjective: pharyngeal
Origin of pharynx
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pharynx
[ făr′ĭngks ]
The passage that leads from the cavities of the nose and mouth to the larynx (voice box) and esophagus. Air passes through the pharynx on the way to the lungs, and food enters the esophagus from the pharynx.
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