Pharynx - Law Dictionary Search Results
VerbarHypopharynx
An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx in certain insects
Mouth
jaws or between the lips also the cavity containing the tongue and teeth between the lips and the pharynx the buccal cavity
larynx
when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening the glottis which in mammals is protected by a lidlike epiglottis
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Gullet
The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach the esophagus
Glottis
The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea See Larynx
VerbarFauces
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue called also the isthmus of the fauces
Esophagus
That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach the gullet See Illust of Digestive apparatus under Digestive
Epiglottis
which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx
Sneezing
forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue
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