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Rosie
05-08-2011, 08:58 AM
Can any of our learned contributors explain why the hypopharyngeal gland is so called when it appears to be located above the pharynx and not below it?

Rosie

chris
05-08-2011, 10:57 AM
Could it be because each of its principal glandular canals connects to the suboral plate of the hypopharynx?
Then again, I can in no way be considered as learned.

gavin
05-08-2011, 12:28 PM
Oh yes you can Chris. You've lost me there by the way.

Might it be because the name of the organ goes across very many animals, including the one writing this post, and the relative positions vary in different animals? Just guessing ...

chris
05-08-2011, 02:21 PM
ok Gavin, if I've lost you I must have done a lousy translation.
Look at this diagram: http://www.encyclopedie-universelle.com/abeille1/abeille-anatomie-interne-schema.html

Although the gland source is above the pharynx, its outlets, if you follow the canal, are on its lower part .

Rosie
05-08-2011, 04:48 PM
Both interesting theories. What do you use your gland for Gavin?

Rosie

gavin
05-08-2011, 05:17 PM
See - I *am* a numpty.

We have a hypopharyngeal area, not a gland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopharyngeal_cancer

G.

Jon
06-08-2011, 11:03 AM
See - I *am* a numpty.

We have a hypopharyngeal area, not a gland.

That's what happens when you get your medical knowledge from Green Wing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcV5vYsVBD4).