The mandible is very small, and the small intra-oral volume causes the tongue, which is of normal size, to occupy thenasopharynx.
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The pituitary was relatively more heavily irradiated as it is a small organ in close proximity to thenasopharynx.
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The pharynx consists of thenasopharynxabove the soft palate and the oropharynx at the rear of the oral cavity.
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In our model, the temperature in thenasopharynxcorresponds closely with that of the brain, so references will be to nasopharyngeal measurements.
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Based on the polysaccharide capsule, there are at least 90 different pneumococcal serotypes, which may compete with each other to colonize thenasopharynx.
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It is a parasitic bacterium that invades the mucosal membranes of the upper and lower respiratory tract, includingnasopharynx, throat, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli.
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By reflux or aspiration of unwanted secretions from thenasopharynxinto the normally sterile middle-ear space, the fluid may then become infected - usually with bacteria.
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The eustachian tubes, which connect the middle ear to the pharynx, open into thenasopharynx.
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The eustachian tube joins the tympanic cavity with the nasal cavity (nasopharynx), allowing pressure to equalize between the middle ear and throat.
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Some viral replication of an echovirus occurs in thenasopharynxafter infection and then spreads to regional lymph nodes.
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It is strictly a commensal species of thenasopharynx.
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It exists as normal flora (nonpathogenic) in thenasopharynxof up to 515% of adults.
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Palatopharyngeal incompetence broadly refers to a muscular inability to sufficiently close the port between thenasopharynxand oropharynx during speech and/or swallowing.
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Some individual camels were also found to have more than one genomic variant in theirnasopharynx.
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