fauces
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Toward the front, the palatoglossal arch lies next to the base of the tongue; behind it, the palatopharyngeal arch forms the superior and lateral margins of the 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 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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Nov. 16th, temperature 103°; sp. gr. of urine 1010, no casts, nor albumen; the chest seems clear; less discharge from nostrils; fauces clean and but slightly inflamed.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various