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oropharynx

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006153

The middle part of the throat, behind the mouth. The oropharynx includes the soft palate (the back muscular part of the roof of the mouth), the side and back walls of the throat, the tonsils, and the back one-third of the tongue.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006153
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006153",
  "term": "oropharynx",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The middle part of the throat, behind the mouth. The oropharynx includes the soft palate (the back muscular part of the roof of the mouth), the side and back walls of the throat, the tonsils, and the back one-third of the tongue.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/oropharynx/"
}

Record 12,354 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.