The person's tongue is held down with a tongue depressor, as a healthcare worker moves a sterile, cotton-tipped swab across the back of the throat and tonsil region.
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he sold many of the specimens he collected
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The plural form of oropharynx is oropharynxes.
The plural form of oropharynx (the oral part of the pharynx) is oropharynges
Samples are collected from the cervix in a female, the urethra or semen in a male, or urine.
Urethral specimens can be collected by inserting a swab into the urethra and rotating it, or by collecting a urine sample that includes the initial stream. These samples can be used for testing for infections or other conditions affecting the urethra.
Pharyngeal tonsils
Oropharynx is Singular Oropharynges is Plural
nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx
Insects and other small arthropods are typically collected using a pooter, which is a device used by entomologists to gently suction up specimens for study or observation.
Oropharynges. (However, since each human, or mammal, has only one, the plural would be referred to only in a situation such as an anatomy class, where multiple oropharyngeal specimens might exist in one section of the anatomy lab.)