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.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The second region is the oropharynx, which is continuous with the nasopharynx and is connected to the oral cavity at the fauces.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

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

Oct. 31st, remains languid; fauces deeply reddened; a faint scarlatinous eruption over back, wrists, and feet; temperature 100.5°.

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