1. The anterior portion of the neck. 2. Anatomy The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx. 3. A narrow passage or part suggestive of the human throat: the throat of a horn. 4. Botany The openi...
The exception is the nasopharynx; its anterior and superior parts are supplied by the maxillary nerve. In addition, the inferior aspect of the laryngopharynx (surrounding the beginning of the larynx) is innervated by the internal branch of the vagus nerve. Watch the following video to learn all...
View article Orthopaedic Anaesthesia/Physics Henry C.Y. Mak, Michael G. Irwin, in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, 2015 Introduction Plastic and reconstructive surgery aims to restore normal and functional anatomy following tissue destruction or impaired wound healing. The abnormality could be cong...
Anatomy The throat anatomically consists of the pharynx and the larynx. It begins superiorly at the level of the skull base and nasopharynx, extending down to the esophageal inlet and most proximal aspect of the trachea. It is bounded anteriorly by the nasal cavity and oral cavity. The level...
Considering that the lateral and rear views cannot clearly visualize the dynamic fluid interactions with the front throat, we further examined the hydrodynamics with a front view of the worst scenario, i.e., slow dispensing of water to the anterior oropharynx (Fig. 9). Five test runs were und...
In 2010, Dr. Matthew Rontal joined The Rontal Clinic. During training at the University of Michigan, Dr. Matthew Rontal took a special interest in issues of the anterior skull base. This interest was expanded during a fellowship in craniomaxillofacial and facial plastic surgery at SUNY Upstate ...
I have the same problem, clicking on one side of the Adam's apple and then moving to the other. Everyone should look at the anatomy of the hyoid bone. There is a small bone at this part of the neck where a ton of muscles attach and these are using for swallowing and also lifting ...
(TMJ) with the temporal bones before narrowing into the necks of the mandible. From the necks, the mandible widens considerably as it descends obliquely in the inferior and anterior directions to form the rami of the mandible. A large pointed projection, known as the coronoid process, extends ...
GI surgery is the subspecialty which is focused upon the anatomical parts of the body belonging to the GI tract from the gullet to the rectum including the liver and the pancreas (see Chapter 2: Anatomy, Physiology, and Selected Pathologies of the Gastrointestinal Tract). The term “GI surgery...