the section of the pharynx that lies above the soft palate [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
Synonyms: nasal part of pharynx rhinopharynx
Term information
- BTO:0000662
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0027442
- MA:0000443
- CALOHA:TS-0663
- MAT:0000447
- EV:0100066
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasopharynx
- NCIT:C12423
- GAID:339
- EMAPA:17670
- UMLS:C0027442 (ncithesaurus:Nasopharynx)
- FMA:54878
- EHDAA2:0001239
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181200003
- EHDAA:7086
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwUPoDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- VHOG:0000375
- MESH:A03.867.557
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
The uppermost of the three regions of the throat (pharynx), situated behind the nasal cavity and extending from the posterior nares to the level above the soft palate. [TFD][VHOG]
In humans - in front it communicates through the choanae with the nasal cavities. On its lateral wall is the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, somewhat triangular in shape, and bounded behind by a firm prominence, the torus tubarius or cushion, caused by the medial end of the cartilage of the tube which elevates the mucous membrane
Term relations
- proximo-distal subdivision of respiratory tract
- contributes to morphology of some chordate pharynx
- part of some chordate pharynx
- part of some upper respiratory tract