Part of the throat that is behind the mouth and nasal cavity.
Sinònims
Examples for "pharynx"
Examples for "pharynx"
1When the tip reaches the pharynx coughing, choking and gagging are noticed.
2The fish, three inches long, by a sudden movement, entered the pharynx.
3Yet this wonderful appliance had neither tongue nor teeth, larynx nor pharynx.
4The perforated pharynx terminates some distance in front of the atriopore.
5No foreign body was palpable with the finger in the pharynx.
Translations for pharynges