Cavity of pharynx - e-Anatomy

pharynx  BIG PICTURE ++ The pharynx is a funnel-shaped, fibromuscular tube that extends from the base of the skull to the cricoid cartilage, where the pharynx What does the pharynx do? Learn what the pharynx is and where it is located in the body

Characteristics The pharynx is widest opposite the hyoid and narrowest at its inferior end, where It attaches the pharynx to the: base of the skull the auditory tube lateral margins of posterior nasal openings 4 Pharynheal muscles 5

Visualization of the larynx and pharynx is an essential part of a complete head and neck examination Although the location of these structures The pharynx is that part of the digestive tube which is placed behind the nasal cavities, mouth, and larynx It is a musculomembranous tube,