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How to pronounce “pharynx”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of pharynx with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- What happens in your throat when you beatbox?
that's the pharynx.
- Definition summary
- (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
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How to pronounce pharynx
What happens in your throat when you beatbox?

that's the pharynx.
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A Deep Dive Into “pharynx”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- (zootomy) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
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