 Pharynx
"Pharynx" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D010614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.750 A04.623 A14.724
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| Concept/Terms |
Pharynx- Pharynx
- Pharynxs
- Throat
- Throats
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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Al-Toubi A, Daniels SK, Huckabee ML, Corey DM, Doeltgen SH. Behavioural and neurophysiological disruption of corticobulbar motor systems and their effects on sequential pharyngeal swallowing. Physiol Behav. 2016 Oct 15; 165:69-76.
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Al-Toubi AK, Doeltgen SH, Daniels SK, Corey DM, Huckabee ML. Pharyngeal pressure differences between four types of swallowing in healthy participants. Physiol Behav. 2015 Mar 01; 140:132-8.
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Hidaka K, Nitta T, Sugawa R, Shirai M, Schwartz RJ, Amagai T, Nitta S, Takahama Y, Morisaki T. Differentiation of pharyngeal endoderm from mouse embryonic stem cell. Stem Cells Dev. 2010 Nov; 19(11):1735-43.
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Daniels SK, Schroeder MF, DeGeorge PC, Corey DM, Rosenbek JC. Effects of verbal cue on bolus flow during swallowing. Am J Speech Lang Pathol. 2007 May; 16(2):140-7.
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Daniels SK, Foundas AL. Lesion localization in acute stroke patients with risk of aspiration. J Neuroimaging. 1999 Apr; 9(2):91-8.
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Reecy JM, Yamada M, Cummings K, Sosic D, Chen CY, Eichele G, Olson EN, Schwartz RJ. Chicken Nkx-2.8: a novel homeobox gene expressed in early heart progenitor cells and pharyngeal pouch-2 and -3 endoderm. Dev Biol. 1997 Aug 15; 188(2):295-311.
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Geary TG, Sims SM, Thomas EM, Vanover L, Davis JP, Winterrowd CA, Klein RD, Ho NF, Thompson DP. Haemonchus contortus: ivermectin-induced paralysis of the pharynx. Exp Parasitol. 1993 Aug; 77(1):88-96.
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