Pharyngitis is a painful inflammation of the pharynx, and is colloquially referred to as a sore throat. Infection of the tonsils, tonsillitis (American English: tonsilitis) may occur simultaneously. The major cause is infection, of which 90% are viral, the remainder caused by bacterial infection and rarely oral thrush (fungal candidiasis e.g. in babies). Some cases of pharyngitis are caused by irritation from agents such as pollutants, chemicals, or smoke. Pharyngitis - Types. Including:

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• Pharyngitis - Viral sore throats
• Pharyngitis - Bacterial sore throats
• Pharyngitis - Treatment
• Pharyngitis - Symptomatic

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Pharyngitis: Inflammation of the throat

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Pharyngitis - Viral sore throats. These comprise about 90% of all infectious cases and can be a feature of many different types of viral infections. Adenovirus - the most common of the viral causes. Typically the degree of neck lymph node enlargement is modest and the throat often does not appear red, although is very painful. Orthomyxoviridae which cause Influenza - present with rapid onset high temperature, headache and generalised ache. A sore throat may be associated. Infectious ...

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The voiceless pharyngeal fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is h-bar(ħ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is X\. Voiceless pharyngeal fricative - Features. Features of the voiceless pharyngeal fricative: Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narr ...

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The voiced pharyngeal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents is ʕ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is ?\. Although traditionally placed in the fricative row of the IPA chart, [ ʕ ] is usually an approximant. The IPA symbol itself is ambiguous, but no language has a distinct fricative and approximant ...

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The branchial arches, also known as pharyngeal arches, develop during the fourth and fifth week in utero as a series of mesodermal outpouchings on the left and right sides of the developing pharynx. These grow and join in the ventral midline. The first or mandibular arch, as the first to form, seperates the mouth pit or stomodeum from the pericardium. By differential growth the neck elongates and new arches form, so the pharynx has six arches ultimately. Pharyngeal or branchial pouches form on the endodermal side between ...

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• Branchial arch - First pharyngeal arch
• Branchial arch - Second pharyngeal arch
• Branchial arch - Third pharyngeal arch
• Branchial arch - Fourth to sixth pharyngeal arches
• Branchial arch - Branchial pouches
• Branchial arch - First pouch
• Branchial arch - Second pouch
• Branchial arch - Third pouch
• Branchial arch - Fourth pouch
• Branchial arch - Fifth pouch

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H with stroke (uppercase Ħ lowercase ħ) is a letter used in Maltese for a voiceless pharyngeal fricative consonant. Lowercase ħ is the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for the same sound. The lower case version is similar to the Cyrillic letter Tshe (ћ) and the symbol for Dirac's constant (ℏ) ...

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In anatomy, the throat is the part of the neck anterior to the vertebral column. It consists of the pharynx and larynx. The throat contains various blood vessels, various pharyngeal muscles, the trachea (windpipe) and the esophagus. The hyoid bone is the only bone located in the throat of mammals. Categories: Head and neck | Respiratory system ...

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. They are united by having, at some stage in their life, a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a muscular tail extending past the anus. Some scientists argue, however, that the true qualifier should be pharyngeal pouches rather than slits. The phylum Chordata is broken down into three subphyla: Urochordata, Cephalochordata, and Vertebrata. Urochordate larvae have a notochord and ...

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Adenoids, or pharyngeal tonsils, are folds of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium. They are found in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula. Adenoids are part of the immune system, as they trap inhaled viruses and produce antibodies, particularly in children. This function decreases with age as the adenoids shrink. Because of this, the problems cause ...

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In phonetics, advanced tongue root, abbreviated ATR or +ATR, or expanded, is the expansion of the pharyngeal cavity by moving the base of the tongue forward, and often lowering the larynx, during the pronunciation of a vowel. The lowering of the larynx sometimes adds a breathy quality to the vowel. The diacritic for ATR in the International Phonetic Alphabet is the left tack, [  ̘]. In languages where they occur, advanced tongue root vowels very often contrast with retracted tongue root vowels in a system of vowel ...

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The velarized alveolar lateral approximant, which may actually be uvularized or pharyngealized, also known as dark el, is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. Velarized alveolar lateral approximant - Features. Features of the velarized alveolar lateral approximant: Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by bringing one articulator close to another but without the vocal tract being narrowed to such an extent that a turbulent ai ...

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O is the fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is o, plural o's or oes. O - History. The letter was derived from the Semitic 'Ajin (eye) which represented a consonant, probably the pharyngeal consonant (IPA ʕ) similar to the Arabic letter ع called 'Ajn', but in Greek (Omicron), Etruscan and Latin it came to be used for the vowel /o/. O ...

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• O - Usage
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• O - Distinguishing O from zero
• O - Meanings for O

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Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic used to treat pharyngitis, tonsillitis, acute maxillary sinusitis, acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis, pneumonia (especially atypical pneumonias associated with Chlamydia pneumoniae or TWAR), skin and skin structure infections, and, in HIV and AIDS patients to prevent, and to treat, disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex or MAC. In a ...

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• Clarithromycin - Mechanism of action
• Clarithromycin - Pharmacokinetics
• Clarithromycin - Metabolism
• Clarithromycin - Side effects
• Clarithromycin - Special Precautions
• Clarithromycin - Contraindications

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In medicine, arthralgia (literally: "joint pain", from "arthros" = "joint" and "-algia" denoting "pain") is the presence of painful joints in the absence of frank arthritis. It is present in a number of rheumatological diseases, most notably lupus erythematosus. Arthralgia - Causes. Arthralgia - Disease/disorders. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Atypical pneumonia, Behçet's disease, Chikungunya, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Community-acquired pneumonia, Hyperimmunoglobinemia ...

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The tympanum or tympanic membrane, colloquially known as the eardrum, is a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear. The malleus bone connects the eardrum to the other ossicles. Rupture of the eardrum can occur in infection, trauma (e.g. by trying to clean the ear with sharp instruments), explosion or loud ...

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‘Áyin or Ayin is the sixteenth letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Omicron (Ο), and hence the Latin O, and the equivalent in the Cyrillic alphabet. ‘Áyin, like all Phoenician letters, was a consonant, represented in transliteration by the ‘ at the beginning of the word ‘Áyin. However, the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic letters that are historical ...

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In Judaism, the Chai symbol consists of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet Het (ח) and Yod (י). In the Hebrew language, the word chai (חי) spelled by these two letters means "living", and is related to the word for "life", chaim, and also appears in the slogan am yisrael chai (עם ישראל חי, "The people of Israel lives!"). There have been various mystical numerological speculations about the fact that according to the system of gematria, the letters of chai add up to 18 (see "Jewish use of the Tetragrammaton" and "Lamedvavniks".) The Chai ...

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The parathyroid glands are small endocrine glands in the neck, usually located within the thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone. Most often there are four parathyroid glands but have been known to number six or eight. Parathyroid gland - Anatomy. The parathyroid glands are four small glands located on the posterior (closer to the back) surface of the thyroid gland. They distinguish themselves from the thyroid gland histologically as they contain two types of cells- parathyroid chief cells and oxy ...

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• Parathyroid gland - Physiology
• Parathyroid gland - Role in disease
• Parathyroid gland - Embryology

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The Ashkenazi Hebrew language is a descendant of Biblical Hebrew favored for liturgical use by Ashkenazi Jewish practice. Its phonology was influenced by languages with which it came into contact, such as Yiddish and various Slavic languages. It survives today as a separate religious dialect even alongside Modern Hebrew in Israel. As it is used parallel with Modern Hebrew, its phonological differences are clearly recognized: א ʾālep̄ and ע

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