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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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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The main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the 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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Cicatrizing ulcers on both sides of fauces; a diphtheritic pseudo-membrane on septum of nose, larynx normal.

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