fauces

Then you would be gulped to the fauces, the back of the mouth, and forced down.

Catarrhal or diphtheritic inflammation of the fauces and pharynx occurs in a large number of cases, and frequently gives rise to a great deal of difficulty in swallowing.

Burning sensation from the fauces down through the chest.

"The sense of taste," says Hayward, "resides in the mucus membrane of the tongue, the lips, the cheeks, and the fauces."

All the reflexes are normal, except that of the fauces, which is abolished.