Neonatal herpes simplex
... in the nasopharynx; and in areas associated with trauma or surgery (including circumcision). DIS herpes affects internal organs ...
Rommel Adducul
Adducul was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer. This condition prevented him from playing in the 2008 PBA Fiesta Conference to ...
Pythiosis
Lesions may also develop in the nasopharynx. Rabbits are susceptible to pythiosis and are used for in vivo studies of the ...
Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy
Surgical Approaches to the Parapharynx and Nasopharynx. 25 (3): 284-288. doi:10.1016/j.otot.2014.04.010. ISSN 1043-1810. Chen, ...
Phycomycosis
Lesions may also develop in the nasopharynx. Pythium insidiosum is different from other members of the genus in that human and ...
Jeon Sang-wook (footballer)
He retired from playing career due to Nasopharynx cancer. His last professional game was for Seongnam FC on 1 May 2016. He was ...
Adenoid hypertrophy
Computed tomography scan of nasopharynx X-ray lateral view of nasopharynx Detailed nasal examination should always be done to ... The adenoids are in the midline of the nasopharynx, and the Eustachian tubes open from either ear to the right and left of them ... The lymphoid tissue remains under the mucosa of the nasopharynx, and could be seen under a microscope if the area was biopsied ... but the mass is so reduced in size that the roof of the nasopharynx becomes flat rather than mounded. Just as the size of the ...
Zhang Xi (PRC politician)
He died of nasopharynx cancer in 1959, at the age of 46. During the Cultural Revolution, he was posthumously denounced as a ... In April 1956, Zhang was diagnosed with nasopharynx cancer. He was sent to Moscow, where he was treated at the Kremlin Hospital ... Deaths from nasopharynx cancer, 61 Renegades, Alternate members of the 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, ...
Levator veli palatini
Additionally, the muscle draws the lateral walls of the nasopharynx posteromedially, thus narrowing the nasopharynx. The ... This helps to prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. Its action may be slightly slower than its partner, the tensor veli ... During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. The levator veli ... thus creating a barrier between the nasopharynx and oropharynx. ...
Neisseria lactamica
It is strictly a commensal species of the nasopharynx. Uniquely among the Neisseria they are able to produce β-D-galactosidase ...
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), or nasopharynx cancer, is the most common cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly ... Stage I is a small tumor confined to nasopharynx. Stage II is a tumor extending in the local area, or that with any evidence of ... It is also being investigated as to whether or not chronic sinusitis could be a potential cause of cancer of the nasopharynx. ... 2017-01-23). Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Tumours of the Nasopharynx, in World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck ...
Library of Congress Classification:Class R -- Medicine
Diseases of the nose, accessory sinuses, and nasopharynx 460-547...................................Laryngology. Diseases of the ...
Calvin Zippin
"Studies on Heredity and Environment in Cancer of the Nasopharynx". Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 29 (3): 483-490. ...
Equine anatomy
Susan J. Holcombe (1998). "Neuromuscular Regulation of the Larynx and Nasopharynx in the Horse" (PDF). Proceedings of the ...
Tang Tian (songwriter)
... she was diagnosed with third stage of nasopharynx cancer. In November 2021, Eason Chan released a song, Warrior of the Darkness ...
Human body
The respiratory system consists of the nose, nasopharynx, trachea, and lungs. It brings oxygen from the air and excretes carbon ...
Foot-and-mouth disease
Identification of the nasopharynx as the primary site of infection" (PDF). Veterinary Pathology. 47 (6): 1048-1063. doi:10.1177 ...
Obligate nasal breathing
Susan J. Holcombe (1998). "Neuromuscular Regulation of the Larynx and Nasopharynx in the Horse" (PDF). Proceedings of the ...
Palatopharyngeus muscle
By these means the bolus is prevented from passing into the nasopharynx; at the same time, the palatopharyngeus muscles form an ...
Hypoprothrombinemia
Epistaxis - Acute hemorrhages from areas of the nasal cavity, nostrils, or nasopharynx. Women with this deficiency experience ...
Choana
A choana is the opening between the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx. It is therefore not a structure but a space bounded as ...
Lacrimal bone
The fluid then flows through the nasolacrimal duct and into the nasopharynx. This drainage results in what is commonly referred ...
Pharynx
Waldeyer's tonsillar ring is an annular arrangement of lymphoid tissue in both the nasopharynx and oropharynx. The nasopharynx ... The upper portion of the pharynx, the nasopharynx, extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate. ... In dogs, a single duct connects the nasopharynx to the nasal cavity. The tonsils are a compact mass that points away from the ... The auditory tube, which connects the middle ear to the pharynx, opens into the nasopharynx at the pharyngeal opening of the ...
Neisseria meningitidis
N. meningitidis is a part of the normal nonpathogenic flora in the nasopharynx of up to 8-25% of adults. It colonizes and ... About 10% of adults are carriers of the bacteria in their nasopharynx. As an exclusively human pathogen, it is the main cause ... These include the Type IV pilin adhesin which mediates attachment of the bacterium to the epithelial cells of the nasopharynx, ...
Nasal cavity
The back of the cavity blends, via the choanae, into the nasopharynx. The nasal cavity is divided in two by the vertical nasal ... uppermost part of the respiratory system and provides the nasal passage for inhaled air from the nostrils to the nasopharynx ...
Pemphigoid
Less common sites that might get involved are nasopharynx, esophagus, and urethra. Nasopharyngeal involvement can lead to ...
Nasal septal hematoma
When there is minimal obstruction, it is often possible to visualize the nasopharynx. Identifying the Nasal Septal Hematoma If ...
Deaths in April 2016
", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer. John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town). Clarence Clifton Young, 93, ...
Glossary of medicine
Nasopharynx - The upper portion of the pharynx, the nasopharynx, extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the ... Waldeyer's tonsillar ring is an annular arrangement of lymphoid tissue in both the nasopharynx and oropharynx. The nasopharynx ... are lymphoid tissue structures located in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx. ... uppermost part of the respiratory system and provides the nasal passage for inhaled air from the nostrils to the nasopharynx ...
Nostril
... the nasopharynx), aiding in respiration. Though all four nostrils were on the outside the head of the aquatic ancestors of ...