The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- EMAPA:17669
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361381009
- VHOG:0000406
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_respiratory_tract
- FMA:45661
- MA:0000442
- OpenCyc:Mx4rtT2HwgJMEdyAAADggVbxzQ
- EHDAA2:0002136
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
definition
- The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Illu_conducting_passages.svg
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Illu_conducting_passages.jpg
external ontology notes
- Some specify that the glottis (vocal cords) is the defining line between the upper and lower respiratory tracts;[2] yet even others make the line at the cricoid cartilage. The FMA includes nose, nasopharynx, oropharynx and larynx[WP]
has obo namespace
- uberon
id
- UBERON:0001557