nasopharynx
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001728
The section of the pharynx that lies above the soft palate. [ MP:0002251 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/cwg ]
Synonyms: nasal part of pharynx, rhinopharynx
Term info
- EV:0100066
- EMAPA:17670
- MA:0000443
- BTO:0000662
- MESH:D009305
- MAT:0000447
- FMA:54878
- UMLS:C0027442 (ncithesaurus:Nasopharynx)
- VHOG:0000375
- NCIT:C12423
- Wikipedia:Nasopharynx
- SCTID:181200003
- EHDAA:7086
- GAID:339
- CALOHA:TS-0663
- EHDAA2:0001239
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]
nasopharyngeal
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
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Illu_pharynx.jpg
epipharynx, Nasenrachenraum, pars nasalis pharyngis
uberon
UBERON:0001728
Nasopharynx
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