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 main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the fauces.

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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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Oct. 6th, croupy symptoms more marked; tonsils and uvula greatly swollen, so that the fauces are almost occluded; temp.

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