24+ Anatomy Esophagus Pharynx Background. By murat ferhat ferhatoglu and taner kıvılcım. The pharynx permits the passage of swallowed solids and liquids into the esophagus, or gullet, and conducts air to and from the trachea, or windpipe, during respiration.
Approximately 2 cm in diameter, located between lower border of laryngeal part of pharynx (figure 1) and cardia of stomach.
And a path of food from mouth to esophagus. Andrea heinzlmann veterinary university department of anatomy and histology. Tube that connects the pharynx (at the level of c6) to the stomach (at the. As such, a thorough understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the esophagus should be the cranial portion is derived from the pharyngeal gut or pharynx and the caudal part from the pregastric.
