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MeSH Heading: Hypopharynx
Tree Number(s): A04.623.490; A14.724.490
Unique ID: D007013
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007013
Annotation: inflammation: coordinate IM with PHARYNGITIS (IM)
Scope Note: The bottom portion of the pharynx situated below the OROPHARYNX and posterior to the LARYNX. The hypopharynx communicates with the larynx through the laryngeal inlet, and is also called laryngopharynx.
Entry Term(s): Hypopharynges; Hypopharynxes; Laryngopharynges; Laryngopharynx; Laryngopharynxes
Previous Indexing: Pharynx (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Introduced: 1979/01/01
Last Updated: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0010914
Scope Note: The bottom portion of the pharynx situated below the OROPHARYNX and posterior to the LARYNX. The hypopharynx communicates with the larynx through the laryngeal inlet, and is also called laryngopharynx.
Terms: Hypopharynx Preferred Term
Term UI T021016
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1979); Hypopharynges
Term UI T021014
Date02/24/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Hypopharynxes
Term UI T021015
Date03/06/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Laryngopharynges
Term UI T021017
Date02/24/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Laryngopharynxes
Term UI T021018
Date03/06/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Laryngopharynx
Term UI T021019
Date11/30/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1988)

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