fauces

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The second region is the oropharynx, which is continuous with the nasopharynx and is connected to the oral cavity at the fauces.

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Stimulation of either side of the fauces should elicit an equivalent response.

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The fauces is the opening at the connection between the oral cavity and the oropharynx.

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Further testing of vagus motor function has the patient repeating consonant sounds that require movement of the muscles around the fauces.

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The inflammation of the Schneiderian membrane is continuous posteriorly with that of the fauces, and is announced by redness and swelling, inability to breathe freely through the nostrils, and an irritating ichorous discharge.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various