#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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