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Descriptor English: Oropharynx
Descriptor Spanish: Orofaringe
Descriptor orofaringe
Scope note: Porción media de la faringe, ubicada por detrás de la boca, debajo del PALADAR BLANDO y por encima de la base de la lengua y la EPIGLOTIS. Tiene una función digestiva ya que los alimentos pasan desde la boca a la orofaringe antes de alcanzar el ESÓFAGO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Orofaringe
Descriptor French: Partie orale du pharynx
Entry term(s): Oropharynxs
Tree number(s): A04.623.603
A14.724.603
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009960
Scope note: The middle portion of the pharynx that lies posterior to the mouth, inferior to the SOFT PALATE, and superior to the base of the tongue and EPIGLOTTIS. It has a digestive function as food passes from the mouth into the oropharynx before entering ESOPHAGUS.
Annotation: inflammation: index under PHARYNGITIS & do not bother to coordinate with OROPHARYNX (NIM) unless particularly discussed
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Pharynx (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
DeCS ID: 10138
Unique ID: D009960
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/19
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Oropharynx - Preferred
Concept UI M0015442
Scope note The middle portion of the pharynx that lies posterior to the mouth, inferior to the SOFT PALATE, and superior to the base of the tongue and EPIGLOTTIS. It has a digestive function as food passes from the mouth into the oropharynx before entering ESOPHAGUS.
Preferred term Oropharynx
Entry term(s) Oropharynxs



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