Abstract
The pharynx plays an essential role in deglutition. It is a highly complex common cavity for swallowing and respiration and serves a vital function in the fundamental separation of food passage and air exchange. A thorough understanding of pharyngeal anatomy and physiology is essential to understand swallowing.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Principles of Deglutition: A Multidisciplinary Text for Swallowing and its Disorders |
Publisher | Springer New York |
Pages | 165-173 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781461437949 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781461437932 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
Keywords
- Anatomy
- Embryology
- Hypopharynx
- Nasopharynx
- Oropharynx
- Pharynx
- Physiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)