"Pharynx" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx).
| Descriptor ID |
D010614
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.750 A04.623 A14.724
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| Concept/Terms |
Pharynx- Pharynx
- Pharynxs
- Throat
- Throats
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pharynx" by people in Profiles.
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Novel Pharyngeal Oxygen Delivery Device Provides Superior Oxygenation during Simulated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2024 Oct; 39(5):354-357.
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Refining measurement of swallowing safety in the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST) criteria: Validation of DIGEST version 2. Cancer. 2022 Apr 01; 128(7):1458-1466.
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Throat-Wash Testing and Coronavirus Disease 2019: Should We Put Our Money Where Our Mouth Is? Clin Infect Dis. 2020 11 05; 71(8):1982-1983.
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Outcomes in Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Treatment: Comparing Two Approaches for Pharyngeal Flaps. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Nov/Dec; 31(8):2167-2170.
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Generating High-Quality Lymph Node Clinical Target Volumes for Head and Neck Cancer Radiation Therapy Using a Fully Automated Deep Learning-Based Approach. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 03 01; 109(3):801-812.
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Quasi-species nature and differential gene expression of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and phylogenetic analysis of a novel Iranian strain. Infect Genet Evol. 2020 11; 85:104556.
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Automatic registration of 2D MR cine images for swallowing motion estimation. PLoS One. 2020; 15(2):e0228652.
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Airway protection & patterns of dysphagia in infants with down syndrome: Videofluoroscopic swallow study findings & correlations. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 May; 132:109908.
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Patterns of Dysphagia and Airway Protection in Infants with 22q11.2-Deletion Syndrome. Laryngoscope. 2020 11; 130(11):2532-2536.
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Diagnostic Accuracy and Scope of Intraoperative Transoral Ultrasound and Transoral Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Retropharyngeal Masses. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1960-1964.