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
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
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.
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 ...
ok Gavin, if I've lost you I must have done a lousy translation.
Look at this diagram: http://www.encyclopedie-universelle....ne-schema.html
Although the gland source is above the pharynx, its outlets, if you follow the canal, are on its lower part .
Last edited by chris; 05-08-2011 at 02:24 PM.
Both interesting theories. What do you use your gland for Gavin?
Rosie
See - I *am* a numpty.
We have a hypopharyngeal area, not a gland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypopharyngeal_cancer
G.
That's what happens when you get your medical knowledge from Green Wing.
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