fauces
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If the examiner moves the tongue depressor to contact the lateral wall of the fauces, this should elicit the gag reflex.
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The main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the fauces.
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A palatine tonsil is one of a pair of structures located laterally in the oropharynx in the area of the fauces.
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Stimulation of either side of the fauces should elicit an equivalent response.
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Six or eight compressions of the bulb of a good atomizer are sufficient to cover the fauces with the spray.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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