Palate: = hypopharynx; q.v. Paleace: chaff or chaffy: = paleaceous. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Just below this is the hypopharynx, the lateral margins of which are very thin. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
Endolabium: the inner or mouth surface of the labium: the hypopharynx when that is well developed. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Hypopharyngeal sclerites: in bees, a pair of strap-like pieces along the hypopharynx to the mentum: see also epipharyngeal sclerites. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Lepidoptera and Diptera, to maxillary structures: has also been used for the hypopharynx, and that use might be adopted: a median organ of the hypopharynx in Apterygota. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The hypopharynx is united to the labium, the mandibles are wanting and the maxillæ are very much reduced so that the insect is unable to pierce the tough skin of animals. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
The trial included 213 patients with advanced larynx and hypopharynx cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
In following down with the laryngoscope the speculum is prone to enter the hypopharynx. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The beginner is apt to insert the speculum too far and expose the hypopharynx rather than the larynx. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Inspection of the hypopharynx and upper esophagus is readily made with the esophageal speculum shown in Fig. 4. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The tip of the tube should now be directed somewhat toward the midline, remembering the funnel shape of the hypopharynx. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
The hypopharynx tapers down to the gullet like a funnel, and the larynx is suspended in its lumen from the anterior wall. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
Radiation to the head and neck, especially when it includes the tissues of the mouth, pharynx and hypopharynx, almost always results in significant oral mucositis. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
PF chemotherapy followed by radiation is commonly used as an alternative to surgery in the treatment of patients with locally advanced larynx (voice box) and hypopharynx cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Among patients with operable, advanced squamous cell cancer of the larynx or hypopharynx, two different approaches to the delivery of chemotherapy and radiation therapy produced similar rates of larynx preservation and survival. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Factors associated with poorer swallowing ability were: being older; have poor swallowing ability before treatment; neck dissection surgery to remove lymph nodes and surrounding tissue; and having a tumor in the hypopharynx or larynx. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
However, they added that because the study was limited to patients with only larynx and hypopharynx cancer and was specially designed for organ preservation, "we cannot generalize the findings to all locally advanced head and neck cancers.". From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Among patients with locally advanced cancer of the larynx or hypopharynx, induction chemotherapy with docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) resulted in higher rates of larynx preservation than induction chemotherapy with only cisplatin and 5-FU. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Importantly, radiation to the head and neck, especially when it includes the tissues of the mouth, pharynx and hypopharynx, results in significant ulcerative OM in greater than 90% of patients and can compromise the patient's ability or willingness to accept a complete course of therapy. From Wordnik.com. [DWS Pill Scribe] Reference
Between July 2002 and May 2005, this multi-institutional randomized phase III trial analyzed 721 patients with stage III-IV carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx, with 360 receiving accelerated radiation and 361 receiving standard radiation with two and three cycles of cisplatin, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Hypopharyngeal: relating to the hypopharynx. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The foreign body may be in the larynx, trachea, bronchi, nasal chambers, nasopharynx, fauces, tonsil, pharynx, hypopharynx, esophagus, stomach, intestinal canal, or may have been passed by bowel, coughed out or spat out, with or without the knowledge of the patient. From Wordnik.com. [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference
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