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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

If the examiner moves the tongue depressor to contact the lateral wall of the fauces, this should elicit the gag reflex.

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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Whether malaria passes through the respiratory apparatus directly into the circulation, or is lodged upon the fauces and absorbed through some other surface, is not clearly ascertainable.

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