The Origin of Pharyngeal Obstruction during Sleep

Laurence I. Barsh

doi:10.1055/s-1999-22060

Subscribe to RSS

Please copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.

https://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000080.xml

Share / Bookmark

Facebook X Linkedin Weibo

Download PDF

Sleep Breath 1999; 3(1): 017-022
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-22060

REVIEW ARTICLE

The Origin of Pharyngeal Obstruction during Sleep

Laurence I. Barsh¹

Private practice, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Further Information

Publication History

Publication Date:
14 March 2002 (online)

PDF Download Permissions and Reprints

ABSTRACT

This paper traces the development of the adult human pharynx through evolution, comparative anatomy, and development from infant to adult. Based on phylogeny and otogeny, an hypothesis for the occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea in the mature human is presented.

KEYWORD

obstructive sleep apnea - oropharynx - klinorynchy - evolution - pharynx