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MSH: A funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the ESOPHAGUS, and air to the LARYNX and LUNGS. It is located posterior to the NASAL CAVITY; ORAL CAVITY; and LARYNX, and extends from the SKULL BASE to the inferior border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE anteriorly and to the inferior border of the C6 vertebra posteriorly. It is divided into the NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; and HYPOPHARYNX (laryngopharynx).,CSP: funnel-shaped fibromuscular tube that conducts food to the esophagus, and air to the larnyx and lungs.,NCI: The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). The pharynx is about 5 inches long, depending on body size.,NCI: A hollow tube that starts posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity and ends superior to the trachea and esophagus. (NCI),NCI: A hollow tube that starts posterior to the mouth and nasal cavity and ends superior to the trachea and esophagus.