 Pharynx
"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).
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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Pharynx" by people in this website by year, and whether "Pharynx" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Banerjee D, Michael J, Schmitt B, Salimnia H, Mhaissen N, Goldfarb DM, Lachance P, Faron ML, Aufderheide T, Ledeboer N, Weissfeld A, Selvarangan R. Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of the Revogene Strep A Molecular Assay for Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes from Throat Swab Specimens. J Clin Microbiol. 2020 06 24; 58(7).
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Kanwar N, Crawford J, Ulen C, Uphoff TS, Dien Bard J, Dunn R, Drain A, Selvarangan R. Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of the Automated Aries Group A Strep PCR Assay from Throat Swabs. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 02; 57(2).
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Kanwar N, Pence MA, Mayne D, Michael J, Selvarangan R. Evaluation of the illumigene Mycoplasma Direct DNA Amplification Assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2018 07; 56(7).
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Ehsan Z, Mahmoud M, Shott SR, Amin RS, Ishman SL. The effects of anesthesia and opioids on the upper airway: A systematic review. Laryngoscope. 2016 Jan; 126(1):270-84.
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