fauces
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Stimulation of either side of the fauces should elicit an equivalent response.
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
Further testing of vagus motor function has the patient repeating consonant sounds that require movement of the muscles around the fauces.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The main open area of the mouth, or oral cavity proper, runs from the gums and teeth to the fauces.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It can be used without trouble; most children are sufficiently intelligent to allow the spray to be directed upon the fauces and larynx every ten or fifteen minutes in case of necessity.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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