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- oropharyngeal adjective
Etymology
Origin of oropharynx
Example Sentences
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The fauces is the opening at the connection between the oral cavity and the oropharynx.
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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 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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Contractions of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles move the bolus through the oropharynx and laryngopharynx.
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As the nasopharynx becomes the oropharynx, the epithelium changes from pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium to stratified squamous epithelium.
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