Posterior Wall of the Pharynx

Preferred Label : Posterior Wall of the Pharynx;

NCIt synonyms : Posterior Pharyngeal Wall;

NCIt definition : The dorsal portion of the fibromuscular tube that extends from the skull base to the lower border of the cricoid cartilage, and acts as a conduit for both the digestive and respiratory systems.;

Details

Origin ID

C54222;

UMLS CUI

C0227150;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Pharynx [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Posterior wall of pharynx [ICD-11 More detail]
- Posterior wall of pharynx [FMA entity]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Dorsal pharyngeal wall structure (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior wall of pharynx [FMA entity]
- dorsal pharyngeal wall [SNOMED Notion]
is_primary_anatomic_site_of_disease
- Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Carcinoma [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Squamous Cell Carcinoma [NCIt concept]

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