MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nasopharynx: The top part of the throat connects to the nasal cavities (nose) and lets air pass through. Oropharynx: The middle part of the throat connects to the oral cavity (mouth). It allows air, food and fluid to pass through.

Detailed explanation-2: -The three parts of the pharynx are the nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your nasopharynx is located toward the bottom and back of your skull. It’s in the back of your nose and the roof of your mouth. The top of your nasopharynx connects to your nasal cavity. The bottom connects to your oropharynx (middle throat), leading to your hypopharynx (lower throat), trachea and eventually lungs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. The nasopharynx represents the most superior portion of the pharynx, bounded superiorly by the skull base and inferiorly by the soft palate. The nasopharynx connects the nasal cavity to the oropharynx and contains the Eustachian tube openings and adenoids.

Detailed explanation-5: -The nasopharynx leads into the oropharynx and then into the hypopharynx. The hypopharynx precedes the entrance to the trachea and the esophagus; it is also where the larynx lies.