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The pharynx is the part of the digestive and respiratory tracts situated between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It is a swollen region of the anterior foregut, caudal to the mouth and rostral to the liver. Its walls form the jaws and gills.

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References: 1, 2: Kimmel et al.