The medical root word "pharyngo" refers to the pharynx, which is the throat or the part of the digestive and respiratory tract situated behind the nasal and oral cavities.
It is called Endoscopy, and Oesophagoscopy if carried out with a rigid scope. The oesophagus is examined visually for inflammation, ulcers, stricture or presence of any tumours
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A pharyngoscope or laryngoscope, or combination pharyngo-laryngoscope may be used to visualize the throat (pharynx) or laryngeal structures. In addition, a fiber-optic endoscope may be used for the same purpose.
Dorsally, the neck contains the esophagus and the ventral to the esophagus is the larynx, which leads to the trachea. The esophagus is a flexible muscular tube connecting the pharynx to the stomach. Meanwhile, air moves from the larynx to the trachea to the lungs when you inhale, and the from the lungs to the trachea to the larynx when you exhale.