Pharynx (throat)

Question 1

What is the pharynx?

Answer 1

A muscular passage from the nasal cavity to the larynx

Question 2

What are the three regions of the pharynx?

Answer 2

1..nasopharynx-superior region
2.Oropharynx-middle region
3. Laryngopharynx-inferior region

Question 3

What two regions are used as passageways for air and food?

Answer 3

-oropharynx and larangopharynx

Question 4

What opens into the nasopharynx?

Answer 4

Pharyngotympanic tubes

Question 5

What are the three tonsils of the pharynx and where are they located?

Answer 5

-Pharyngeal tonsils (adenoid) which is found in the nasopharynx

-Palintine tonsils-located in the oropharynx

-lingual tonsils-found on the tongue