Pharyngeal recess

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Pharyngeal recess
Lateral wall of nasal cavity. (Pharyngeal recess labeled at bottom right.)
Front of nasal part of pharynx, as seen with the laryngoscope. (Pharyngeal recess labeled at center right.)
Latin	recessus pharyngeus
Gray's	subject #244 1141
Dorlands/Elsevier	r_05/12696735

Behind the ostium of the auditory tube is a deep recess, the pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller).

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• synd/2659 at Who Named It
• vi_2/r/rosenmullers_fossa article at GE's Medcyclopaedia

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HEAD: Face/Occiput: Forehead – Eye – Ear – Temple - Cheek – Chin External nose: Nostril - Nasal septum - Cartilages (Accessory nasal, of the septum, Greater alar, Lateral nasal, Lesser alar, Vomeronasal) - Olfactory glands Nasal cavity: Choana - Turbinate - Sphenoethmoidal recess - Ethmoid bulla - Hiatus semilunaris - Ostium maxillare - Inferior meatus - Vomeronasal organ - Paranasal sinus Mouth/oral cavity: Lip - Philtrum - Jaw - Pterygomandibular raphe Teeth: Permanent (Incisor - Canine, Premolar, Molar) - Deciduous Tongue: Plica fimbriata - Median sulcus - Foramen cecum - Terminal sulcus - Frenulum linguae - Anterior tongue - Posterior tongue Palate/roof of mouth: Hard palate, Soft palate - Palatine raphe - Incisive papilla - Uvula - Pharyngeal recess - Arches: (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal) Salivary glands: (Parotid - Sublingual - Submandibular) - Ducts: Submandibular - Parotid Masseteric fascia - Temporal fascia - Galea aponeurotica - Scalp NECK: Throat – Pharynx - Larynx Cartilages: Cricoid - Thyroid (Adam's apple) - Epiglottis - Arytenoid - Cuneiform - Corniculate Extrinsic ligaments: Thyrohyoid membrane (Lateral thyrohyoid ligament, Median thyrohyoid ligament) - Hyoepiglottic ligament - Cricotracheal ligament Intrinsic ligaments: Cricothyroid ligament Folds: (Glossoepiglottic - Aryepiglottic - Vocal - Vestibular) - Vocal ligament - Ventricle of the larynx - Infraglottic cavity - Vestibule of larynx - Rima glottidis - Glottis Triangles of the neck: Anterior of the neck (Muscular, Carotid, Submandibular, Submental) - Posterior of the neck (Occipital, Subclavian) - Suboccipital Deep cervical fascia (Pretrachial fascia, Prevertebral fascia, Investing layer) - Carotid sheath Retropharyngeal space