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nasopharynx, (epipharynx/pharyngonasal cavity/rhinopharynx)
Structure:
- air passage connecting the nose & the throat.
- the eustachian tube opens into the nasopharynx
- the soft palate & uvula form the floor of the nasopharynx.
- mucous membrane is lined with pseudostratified columnar epithelium
General
respiratory system structure
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence &
Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Company, Inc, 1979.
Component-of
pharynx
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