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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The fauces is the opening at the connection between the oral cavity and the oropharynx.
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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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The main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the fauces.
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In localities where diphtheria is endemic, as in New York City and Paris, scarlet fever is often complicated by a pseudo-membranous inflammation of the fauces and air-passages.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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