Takeaway. If swallowing seems like it’s a complicated function, that’s because it is. In fact, it takes approximately 25 pairs of muscles in the mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus to do this.

Pharynx anatomy consists of three key segments: Nasopharynx, the top segment that connects to the nose and allows air to pass through Oropharynx, the middle segment which connects to the mouth and ...

PART 1 Oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus. GI Motility online (2006) doi:10.1038/gimo5 Published 16 May 2006. Anatomy and development of oral cavity and pharynx. Rebecca Z. German, Ph.D. and ...

PART 1 Oral cavity, pharynx and esophagus. GI Motility online (2006) doi:10.1038/gimo1 Published 16 May 2006. Physiology of oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal motility ...

C. elegans pharynx anatomy. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302660121 ...

This video demonstrates examination of the larynx and pharynx using indirect laryngoscopy, with either a simple dental mirror or a flexible fiberoptic endoscope.

Case 1. D.D., a full-term 12-hour-old male infant weighing 3 kg, was admitted to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on October 20, 1957, with a diagnosis of esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal ...

The pharynx. This funnel-shaped tube is about 12.5cm long and has three sections – the nasopharynx, just behind the nasal cavities, the oropharynx behind the mouth and the lowest section, the ...

Holding back a sneeze by pinching your nose while keeping your mouth closed may cause physical injury, doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports have reaffirmed. In one such documented case ...