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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Anatomy of the head and neck Representation of the different regions of the head and neck at which cancer can develop. The oral cavity includes the lip, floor of the mouth, oral tongue, alveolar ridge, retromolar trigone, hard palate, and buccal mucosa. The oropharynx includes the soft palate, tonsil, posterior and lateral pharyngeal walls, and base of the tongue. The hypopharynx includes the pyriform fossa, lateral and posterior hypopharyngeal walls, and postericoid region. The larynx includes the supraglottic, glottic, and subglottic larynx. Used with permission of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC®), Chicago, Illinois. The original source for this material is the AJCC® Cancer Staging Manual, 5th edition (1997) published by Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.