Plica semilunaris of the fauces
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| Plica semilunaris of the fauces | |
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| Latin | plica semilunaris faucium |
| Gray's | subject #243 1138 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | p_24/12649250 |
The upper part of the fold of mucous membrane in the supratonsillar fossa reaches across between the two arches, as a thin fold sometimes termed the plica semilunaris; the remainder of the fold is called the plica triangularis.
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