Pharynx

Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is an organ found in vertebrates and invertebrates though the structure is not universally the same across the species. In humans the pharynx is part of the digestive system and also of the conducting zone of the respiratory system.

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artery

Ascending pharyngeal artery, Pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid artery, Ascending palatine artery, Descending palatine artery

Dorlands prefix

p_16

Dorlands suffix

12633198

Gray page

1141

Gray subject

244

MeSH name

Pharynx

MeSH number

A03.556.750

nerve

Mandibular nerve, Maxillary nerve, Pharyngeal plexus of vagus nerve

vein

Pharyngeal plexus (venous)