fauces
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Stimulation of either side of the fauces should elicit an equivalent response.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
This is followed by inspection, with the aid of a tongue depressor, of the back of the mouth, or the opening of the oral cavity into the pharynx known as the 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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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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By the frequent application of disinfecting washes to the nostrils and fauces the secretions from these surfaces are to a great extent deprived of their contagiousness.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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