 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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| 1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1993 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Diaz A, Cyberski T, Singh A, Fenton D, Cipriani NA, Lusardi JJ, Corey JP, Blair EA. Laryngeal and pharyngeal actinomycosis: a systematic review and report of 3 cases. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Nov-Dec; 43(6):103609.
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Stewart TA, Lemberg JB, Daly A, Daeschler EB, Shubin NH. A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic. Nature. 2022 08; 608(7923):563-568.
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Donohue C, Robison R, DiBiase L, Anderson A, Vasilopoulos T, Plowman EK. Comparison of Validated Videofluoroscopic Outcomes of Pharyngeal Residue: Concordance Between a Perceptual, Ordinal, and Bolus-Based Rating Scale and a Normalized Pixel-Based Quantitative Outcome. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2022 07 18; 65(7):2510-2517.
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Parker KG, Gandra S, Matushek S, Beavis KG, Tesic V, Charnot-Katsikas A. Comparison of 3 Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests and a Rapid Antigen Test with Culture for the Detection of Group A Streptococci from Throat Swabs. J Appl Lab Med. 2019 09; 4(2):164-169.
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Hardy BM, LoSavio P, Al-Khudari S. Transoral Robotic Resection of Recurrent Neopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Ear Nose Throat J. 2020 Jun; 99(5):303-304.
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Varga AW, Mokhlesi B. REM obstructive sleep apnea: risk for adverse health outcomes and novel treatments. Sleep Breath. 2019 Jun; 23(2):413-423.
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Jelinek MJ, Howard AS, Haraf DJ, Vokes EE. Management of Early Head and Neck Cancer in Elderly Patients. J Oncol Pract. 2018 09; 14(9):541-546.
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Neidhart S, Zaatreh S, Klinder A, Redanz S, Spitzmüller R, Holtfreter S, Warnke P, Alozie A, Henck V, Göhler A, Ellenrieder M, AbouKoura M, Divchev D, Gümbel D, Napp M, Steinhoff G, Nienaber C, Ekkernkamp A, Mittelmeier W, Güthoff C, Podbielski A, Stengel D, Bader R. Predictors of colonization with Staphylococcus species among patients scheduled for cardiac and orthopedic interventions at tertiary care hospitals in north-eastern Germany-a prevalence screening study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Apr; 37(4):633-641.
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Biggs HM, McNeal M, Nix WA, Kercsmar C, Curns AT, Connelly B, Rice M, Chern SW, Prill MM, Back N, Oberste MS, Gerber SI, Staat MA. Enterovirus D68 Infection Among Children With Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Illness, Cincinnati, Ohio, July-October 2014. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Jul 15; 65(2):315-323.
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Genta PR, Sands SA, Butler JP, Loring SH, Katz ES, Demko BG, Kezirian EJ, White DP, Wellman A. Airflow Shape Is Associated With the Pharyngeal Structure Causing OSA. Chest. 2017 09; 152(3):537-546.
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