DeCS

Descriptor English:

Hypopharynx

Descriptor Spanish:

Hipofaringe

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	hipofaringe
Entry term(s)	laringofaringe
Scope note:	Porción inferior de la faringe, situada por debajo de la OROFARINGE y posterior a la LARINGE. La hipofaringe comunica con la laringe a través de la entrada de la laringe. También se denomina laringofaringe.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Hipofaringe

Descriptor French:

Partie laryngée du pharynx

Entry term(s):

Hypopharynx
Laryngo-pharynx
Laryngopharynx

Tree number(s):

A04.623.490
A14.724.490

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007013

Scope note:

The bottom portion of the pharynx situated below the OROPHARYNX and posterior to the LARYNX. The hypopharynx communicates with the larynx through the laryngeal inlet, and is also called laryngopharynx.

Annotation:

inflammation: coordinate IM with PHARYNGITIS (IM)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

7192

Unique ID:

D007013

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1979/01/01

Date of Entry:

1978/05/19

Revision Date:

2008/07/08