PHARYNX • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Pharynx

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

noun

Pharynx n. (pl. pharynges) (Anat.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.

See images of 'Pharynx'

Etymology of 'Pharynx'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Pharynx" Quotes from Famous Books

... and allowed to run on, the inflammation spreads through the nose back into the upper part of the throat, or pharynx. Here it attacks a spongy group of glands, like a third tonsil, which swells up until it almost blocks up the nose and makes you breathe through your mouth. These swollen glands are called adenoids, and cause not only mouth-breathing, but deafness, loss of appetite, indigestion, ...

— A Handbook of Health • Woods Hutchinson

Words linked to "Pharynx" : nasopharynx, upper respiratory tract, laryngopharynx, Luschka's tonsil, digestive tract, pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, cervix, lingua, tonsilla pharyngealis, tongue, glossa, digestive tube, throat, neck, tubular cavity, gustatory organ, clapper, pharyngeal recess, pharyngeal, alimentary canal