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 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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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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When the uvula takes part in the process the swelling is, as a rule, more marked than when the remaining parts of the fauces only are implicated.

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