Word Meanings - PHARYNGEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the pharynx; in the region of the pharynx.

PHARYNX
The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
REGIONAL
Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
REGION
1. One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
PHOTIC REGION
The uppermost zone of the sea, which receives the most light.
EPIPHARYNX
A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.
HYPOPHARYNX
An appendage or fold on the lower side of the pharynx, in certain insects.
APHOTIC REGION
A depth of water so great that only those organisms can exist that do not assimilate.
TRANSREGIONATE
Foreign. Holinshed.
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach