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Larynx and Pharynx, which are two great cities such as Rouen and
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Larynx and Pharynx, which are two great cities such as Rouen and
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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* The Pharynx* is a round and somewhat cone-shaped cavity, about four and one half inches in length, which lies just back of the nostrils, mouth, and larynx.
Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools Francis M. Walters
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Phallus: = penis: q.v. Pharyngeal pump: = sucking pump; q.v. Pharynx: the back part of the mouth and upper part of the throat: a slight enlargement at the beginning of the oesophagus: in Diptera is sometimes restricted to the space between the hypopharynx and sub-clypeal pump, and is then = sub-clypeal tube.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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-- Cavities of the Mouth, Pharynx, etc. (Section in the middle line designed to show the mouth in its relations to the nasal fossæ, the pharynx, and the larynx.)
A Practical Physiology Albert F. Blaisdell
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The Oral Part of the Pharynx (pars oralis pharyngis) reaches from the soft palate to the level of the hyoid bone.
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The Laryngeal Part of the Pharynx (pars laryngea pharyngis) reaches from the hyoid bone to the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, where it is continuous with the esophagus.
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The Nasal Part of the Pharynx (pars nasalis pharyngis; nasopharynx) lies behind the nose and above the level of the soft palate: it differs from the oral and laryngeal parts of the pharynx in that its cavity always remains patent.
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"On the Structure of the Mouth and Pharynx of the Scorpion"
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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-- Diverticulum of the Œsophagus at its junction with the Pharynx.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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