Peripharyngeal space

Peripharyngeal space
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Identifiers
Latin	Spatium peripharyngeum
TA98	A05.3.01.117
TA2	2883
FMA	84964
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The peripharyngeal space is a space in the neck.^[1]

It can be split into the retropharyngeal space and the parapharyngeal space.^[2]

References

^ Tegler, Terry C.; Lang, Johannes (1995). Clinical anatomy of the masticatory apparatus peripharyngeal spaces. Stuttgart: G. Thieme Verlag. p. 145. ISBN 0-86577-551-6.
^ Wolfgang Kuehnel; Helga Fritsch (2007). Color Atlas of Human Anatomy, Volume 2: Internal Organs (v. 2). New York: Thieme Medical Publishers. p. 168. ISBN 978-3-13-533405-9.

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Anatomy of the gastrointestinal tract, excluding the mouth

Pharynx	Muscles Spaces peripharyngeal retropharyngeal parapharyngeal retrovisceral danger prevertebral Pterygomandibular raphe Pharyngeal raphe Buccopharyngeal fascia Pharyngobasilar fascia Pyriform sinus
Esophagus	Sphincters upper lower glands crop
Stomach	Curvatures greater lesser Angular incisure Cardia Body Fundus Pylorus antrum canal sphincter Gastric mucosa Gastric folds Microanatomy Gastric pits Gastric glands Cardiac glands Fundic glands Pyloric glands Foveolar cells Parietal cells Gastric chief cells Enterochromaffin-like cells

Small intestine

Microanatomy	Intestinal villi Microvilli Intestinal glands Enterocytes Enteroendocrine cells Goblet cells Paneth cells
Duodenum	Suspensory muscle Major duodenal papilla Minor duodenal papilla Duodenojejunal flexure Brunner's glands
Jejunum	No substructures
Ileum	Ileocecal valve Peyer's patches Microfold cells

Large intestine

Cecum	Appendix
Colon	Ascending colon Hepatic flexure Transverse colon Splenic flexure Descending colon Sigmoid colon Continuous taenia coli haustra epiploic appendix
Rectum	Transverse folds Ampulla
Anal canal	Anus Anal columns Anal valves Anal sinuses Pectinate line Internal anal sphincter Intersphincteric groove External anal sphincter

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