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Normal Anatomy and Histology; Adenoids; Infections; Developmental Lesions

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The nasopharynx (nasal part of the pharynx, epipharynx, post-nasal space) lies behind the nose, with which its lining and cavities are continuous. It has an arbitrary lower level at the posterior edge of the soft palate. The bony superior and posterior walls make a concavity composed of the body of the sphenoid above and the atlas and axis cervical vertebrae below. The mucosa and submucosa of the nasopharynx are separated from these bony structures by the retropharyngeal space, a layer of very loose connective tissue.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, UCL Medical School, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  2. Royal Free and UCL Medical School, University of London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  3. Royal National Throat, Nose nad Ear Hospital, London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

  5. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

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Michaels, L., Hellquist, H.B. (2001). Normal Anatomy and Histology; Adenoids; Infections; Developmental Lesions. In: Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0235-9_23

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