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.

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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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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 careful inspection of the fauces shows that it contains no pseudo-membrane; nostrils discharging a dark-brownish liquid; examination of urine negative.

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