MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). The pharynx is about 5 inches long, depending on body size. Also called throat.

Detailed explanation-2: -pharynx (n.) “musculo-membranous pouch at the back of the nasal cavities, mouth, and larynx, ‘’ 1690s, from Greek pharynx (genitive pharyngos) “ throat, joint opening of the windpipe, ‘’ which is related to pharanx “cleft, chasm, gully, deep trench; ‘’ all of uncertain origin; Beekes suggests Pre-Greek origin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The organs of the respiratory system include the lungs, pharynx, larynx, trachea, and bronchi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pharynx is part of two body systems (the respiratory system and the digestive system) because it carries both air and food. At the bottom of the pharynx, two pipes split off-one for air and one for food. One pipe, the larynx, is for air only.