fauces
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Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
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a vestibule of an ancient Roman house.
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Origin of fauces
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin
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The fauces is the opening at the connection between the oral cavity and the oropharynx.
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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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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.
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The second region is the oropharynx, which is continuous with the nasopharynx and is connected to the oral cavity at the fauces.
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Case 2.—A child aged three and a half years, who previously had symptoms of mild catarrhal croup, with moderate redness of the fauces, sickened with scarlet fever on Oct.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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