#pharynx__throat  the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
  supertype:  tubular_cavity__tubularcavity  a cavity having the shape of a tube
  part of:  upper_respiratory_tract  alimentary_canal  cervix
  part:  lingua__tongue__glossa__clapper  a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
     part:  tastebud__taste_bud__tastebud__gustatory_organ__gustatoryorgan  an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
        part:  neuroepithelium  epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
        part:  taste_cell__tastecell__gustatory_cell__gustatorycell  an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
  part:  nasopharynx  cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx
     part:  palatine_tonsil__tonsil__faucial_tonsil__faucialtonsil__tonsilla  either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx
  part:  oropharynx  cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth
  part:  laryngopharynx  the lower part of the pharynx
  part:  pharyngeal_tonsil__adenoid__Luschka's_tonsil__third_tonsil__thirdtonsil__tonsilla_pharyngealis__tonsilla_adenoidea  a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"
  part:  pharyngeal_recess  a small recess in the wall of the pharynx

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