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chordate pharynx

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A portion of the respiratory and digestive tracts; its distal limit is the superior part of the esophagus and it connects the nasal and oral cavities with the esophagus and larynx; it contains the valleculae and the pyriform recesses; its upper limits are the nasal cavity and cranial base.[FEED]. [ http://www.feedexp.org ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • ZFA:0000056
  • EFO:0000836
  • VHOG:0000462
  • Wikipedia:Pharynx
  • CALOHA:TS-0785
  • EHDAA2:0001458
  • UMLS:C0031354 (ncithesaurus:Pharynx)
  • GAID:155
  • EHDAA:2947
  • MA:0000432
  • galen:Pharynx
  • SCTID:181211006
  • FMA:46688
  • BTO:0001049
  • EV:0100065
  • MESH:D010614
  • AAO:0000967
  • TAO:0000056
  • EMAPA:16706
  • NCIT:C12425
  • XAO:0003227
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

Swollen region of the anterior foregut, posterior to the mouth and anterior to the liver; its walls form the jaws and gills. Kimmel et al, 1995.[TAO], Swollen region of the anterior foregut, posterior to the mouth and anterior to the liver; its walls form the jaws and gills[ZFA:0000056, ZFIN:ZDB-PUB-961014-576]., The portion of the alimentary canal between the mouth and the oesophagus. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG], Anatomical cavity bounded by the derivatives of the branchial arches.[AAO], A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNYX 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)[MESH:A03.867].

UBPROP 0000002

relationship type change: part_of_proxy respiratory system (AAO:0000541) CHANGED TO: part_of respiratory system (UBERON:0001004)[AAO], relationship type change: part_of_proxy respiratory system (AAO:0000541) CHANGED TO: develops_from respiratory system (UBERON:0001004)[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

(...) the earliest vertebrates possessed unjointed internal and external branchial arches, and musculature encircling the pharynx.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

MA/FMA pharynx not part of digestive/alimentary system, we are consistent with this scheme

comment

Consider generalizing to deuterostome pharynx

id

UBERON:0001042

prefLabel

Pharynx