nasopharynx in dogs

The section of the pharynx that lies above the soft palate. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the nasopharynx is

The section of the pharynx that lies above the soft palate. The atlas records it as a organ at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the nasopharynx is

It sits within the respiratory and digestive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the nasopharynx connects to

The atlas records 10 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. part of chordate pharynx and upper respiratory tract.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the nasopharynx. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as nasal part of pharynx, rhinopharynx, Nasenrachenraum, epipharynx and pars nasalis pharyngis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001728, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: chordate pharynx and upper respiratory tract.
• A kind of: proximo-distal subdivision of respiratory tract.
• contains: epithelium of nasopharynx, nasal-associated lymphoid tissue, nasopharyngeal gland, nasopharynx connective tissue and pharyngeal tonsil.
• contributes to morphology of: chordate pharynx.
• connects: posterior nasal aperture.

Questions

Where is the nasopharynx?

It sits within the respiratory and digestive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the nasopharynx connect to?

Part of: chordate pharynx and upper respiratory tract.

Is the nasopharynx the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.