HabitatMech

throat

UBERON:0000341 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

In anatomy, the throat is the anterior part of the neck, in front of the vertebral column. It consists of the pharynx and larynx. An important feature of the throat is the epiglottis, a flap which separates the esophagus from the trachea and prevents inhalation of food or drink. The throat contains various blood vessels, various pharyngeal muscles, the trachea (windpipe) and the esophagus. The hyoid bone and the clavicle are the only bones located in the throat of mammals. It is sometimes considered a synonym for fauces. [WP,unvetted]. — UBERON

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat

Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Respiratory system > Pharynx/Throat 2 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	334	ORGANISM
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals > Respiratory system > Pharynx/Throat 2 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	13	ORGANISM
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Digestive system > Pharynx/Throat 2 GOLD ecosystem node ids share this path; first shown. See data/raw/gold_ecosystem_paths.tsv.	11	ORGANISM
GOLD	Host-associated > Birds > Digestive system > Pharynx/Throat	—

Broader habitats

• external soft tissue zone UBERON:0034929
• Respiratory system habitatmech:GOLD.e36ba981d1
• Digestive system habitatmech:GOLD.f6720bccf0
• Respiratory system habitatmech:GOLD.fac4f63f3b
• Digestive system habitatmech:GOLD.fb6caa2908

Also called

• Pharynx/Throat — GOLD
• gula — UBERON

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

1. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000341 'throat' (EXACT). Slash alternative. Grounded to throat to merge with the already-curated sibling path, which differs only in host clade. Path: Host-associated > Birds > Digestive system > Pharynx/Throat (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.1296803a8e)

2. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000341 'throat' (EXACT). Slash alternative. Grounded to throat to merge with the already-curated sibling path, which differs only in host clade. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Digestive system > Pharynx/Throat (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.4c769e7f09)

3. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000341 'throat' (EXACT). GOLD's Pharynx/Throat node. UBERON:0000341 throat is the exact anatomical site. (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.5ad296e47e)

4. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000341 'throat' (EXACT). Slash alternative. Grounded to throat to merge with the already-curated sibling path, which differs only in host clade. Path: Host-associated > Mammals > Respiratory system > Pharynx/Throat (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.6989261991)

Provenance

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