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isthumus faucium
1. A constriction connecting the posterior mouth cavity proper with the pharynx.
2. The slightly narrowed opening between the oral cavity and the oral pharynx, bounded superiorly by the free border of the palatal velum and the uvula, oral cavity and the oral pharynx, bounded superiorly by the free border of the palatal velum and the uvula, laterally by the palatoglossal arches, and inferiorly by the dorsum of the tongue.
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