Fauces

(fazu’-sez) [L., the upper part of the throat. ] The space surrounded by the palate, tonsils, and uvula. F., Isthmus of, the space at the back of the mouth enclosed by the margin of the palate, the back of the tongue and the pillars of the fauces. F., Pillars of, the folds formed by the pal a to glo us muscle in front of the tonsils and by the palatopharyngeus behind them. 273