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HYPOPHARYNX [7 records]

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Record 1 2015-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
  • Digestive Tract
  • Respiratory System
DEF

A malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the hypopharynx.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
  • Appareil digestif
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Tumeur maligne qui prend naissance dans les cellules de l’hypopharynx.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

Throat cancer refers to cancerous tumors that develop in your throat (pharynx), voice box (larynx) or tonsils.

CONT

Throat cancer is a type of head and neck cancer. Throat cancer has different names, depending on what part of the throat is affected. The different parts of the throat are called the oropharynx, the hypopharynx, and the nasopharynx. Sometimes the larynx, or voice box, is also included.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Parmi les cancers de la tête et du cou (aussi appelés cancers des voies aéro-digestives supérieures ou cancers ORL), on appelle généralement cancers de la gorge ceux qui se forment dans le larynx ou dans le pharynx [...]

CONT

On définit les cancers de la gorge selon la zone atteinte [...] : le cancer du nasopharynx [...]; le cancer de l'oropharynx [...]; le cancer de l'hypopharynx [...]; le cancer de la glotte [...]; le cancer de l'épiglotte [...]; le cancer sous-glottique [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory System
DEF

The lower part of the pharynx, lying posterior to the larynx and extending from the upper margin of the epiglottis to the lower margin of the cricoid cartilage, where it continues as the esophagus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Portion inférieure du pharynx, en arrière du larynx.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aparato respiratorio
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Record 4 2008-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

The hypopharynx [of mosquitoes] lies along the ventral surface of the labrum with the salivary duct positioned along the line of closure of the food canal. This duct appears to open at its most distal point, to discharge the salivary fluid into the host's tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Canal formé par les stylets (chez les insectes piqueurs) d'où s'écoule une sécrétion élaborée par les glandes salivaires.

OBS

Chez les Culicidae (par exemple les moustiques), le canal salivaire est situé dans l'hypopharynx.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

A median lobe of the preoral cavity of the mouthparts.

OBS

The hypopharynx carries the salivary duct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Prolongation du plancher de la bouche.

OBS

L'hypopharynx a un peu la forme d'une langue et est situé à la base du labium entre les maxilles.

OBS

L'hypopharynx abrite le canal salivaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Dietetics
  • Biochemistry
DEF

An autosomal recessive disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by the deposition of hyaline material in the skin and mucosa of the mouth, pharynx, hypopharynx, and larynx, resulting in prolonged hoarseness, often from birth, due to infiltration of the vocal cords.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Diététique
  • Biochimie
DEF

Affection extrêmement rare, congénitale et le plus souvent héréditaire, caractérisée par l'infiltration cutanée et muqueuse d'une substance hyaline de nature chimique complexe.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

The Piercing-sucking type [insect]. Specialized mouth parts characterized by a tubular, usually jointed beak, enclosing several needle-like stylets. The outer tube is formed by the labium, which is simply a protective structure for the other parts and has nothing to do with piercing the tissues or drawing up the liquid food. The mandibles and maxillae, sometimes supplemented by or replaced by the labrum-epipharynx and hypopharynx, are greatly elongated and slender structures, which serve for piercing the skin of an animal or the epidermis of a plant, and also as the food channel, i. e., an inner tube up which the liquid blood or sap in drawn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Se dit d'insectes dont les mandibules et les maxilles sont transformées en stylets allongés formant deux canaux, permettant de piquer puis d'injecter de la salive et d'aspirer du sang ou de la sève. (d'après LAROG, 1982, v. 8, p. 8158)

OBS

"Piqueur-suceur" peut aussi désigner le "rasping-sucking type insect".

Spanish

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