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PHARYNX LARYNX 47
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Middle portion of the throat just behind the oral cavity. It begins at the level of the soft palate and ends at the epiglottis
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Nasopharynx
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Oropharynx
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Pharynx
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Laryngopharynx
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The pharynx (plural: pharynges) is the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the esophagus and trachea (the tubes going down to the stomach and the lungs).
Detailed explanation-2: -The passage above the soft palate is the nasopharynx; the space into which the cavity of the mouth opens is the oropharynx.
Detailed explanation-3: -The oropharynx is the middle part of the pharynx directly below the soft palate that communicates anteriorly with the oral cavity proper by the isthmus of the fauces, also known as the oropharyngeal isthmus.
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