loading...| Preferred Name |
upper respiratory tract |
| Definitions |
The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001557 |
| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Upper_respiratory_tract MA:0000442 SCTID:361381009 VHOG:0000406 EHDAA2:0002136 FMA:45661 EMAPA:17669 |
| definition |
The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Illu_conducting_passages.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Illu_conducting_passages.jpg |
| has part | |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0001557 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
upper respiratory tract |
| notation |
UBERON:0001557 |
| prefLabel |
upper respiratory tract |
| RO_0002171 | |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
Some specify that the glottis (vocal cords) is the defining line between the upper and lower respiratory tracts;[2] yet even others make the line at the cricoid cartilage. The FMA includes nose, nasopharynx, oropharynx and larynx[WP] |
| subClassOf |