"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).
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Disparate Nasopharyngeal and Tracheal COVID-19 Diagnostic Test Results in a Patient With a Total Laryngectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 10; 163(4):710-711.
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Transoral Robotic Resection of Recurrent Neopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Ear Nose Throat J. 2020 Jun; 99(5):303-304.
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Management of Early Head and Neck Cancer in Elderly Patients. J Oncol Pract. 2018 09; 14(9):541-546.
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Comparison of laryngeal mask airway insertion methods, including the external larynx lift with pre-inflated cuff, on postoperative pharyngolaryngeal complications: A randomised clinical trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2017 07; 34(7):448-455.
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Anatomic sites of colonization with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep; 35(9):1192-4.
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Human metapneumovirus, Peru. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb; 12(2):347-50.
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Endoscopically assisted transoral-transpharyngeal approach to the craniovertebral junction. Neurosurgery. 2002 Nov; 51(5 Suppl):S60-6.
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Ingestion of caustic cosmetic products. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1993 Nov; 109(5):821-5.
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Appearances of the postoperative alimentary tract. Radiol Clin North Am. 1993 Nov; 31(6):1235-53.