fauces

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Stimulation of either side of the fauces should elicit an equivalent response.

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.

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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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Diphtherial exudation has also been met with upon tender parts of the skin and in the fauces, as well as in the stomach and intestine.

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