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Development, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Pharynx

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The pharynx plays an essential role in deglutition. It is a highly complex common cavity for swallowing and respiration and serves a vital function in the fundamental separation of food passage and air exchange. A thorough understanding of pharyngeal anatomy and physiology is essential to understand swallowing.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Peter C. Belafsky MD, MPH, PhD

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

    Catherine Rees Lintzenich MD

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Correspondence to Peter C. Belafsky MD, MPH, PhD .

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  1. Div. Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, West Wisconsin Avenue 9200, Milwaukee, 53226, Wisconsin, USA

    Reza Shaker

  2. , Dpt Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surg., UC Davis Medical Center, Stockton Blvd. 2521, Sacramento, 95817, California, USA

    Peter C. Belafsky

  3. Ctr for Voice, Airway & Swallowing Disor, Department of Otolaryngology, Georgia Health Sciences University, 15th Street 1120, Augusta, 30912, Georgia, USA

    Gregory N. Postma

  4. , Dpt of Communication Sciences & Disorder, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, East Hartford Ave 2400, Milwaukee, 53201, Wisconsin, USA

    Caryn Easterling

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Belafsky, P.C., Lintzenich, C.R. (2013). Development, Anatomy, and Physiology of the Pharynx. In: Shaker, R., Belafsky, P., Postma, G., Easterling, C. (eds) Principles of Deglutition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3794-9_12

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