Pharyngeal recess
Pharyngeal recess | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | recessus pharyngeus |
TA98 | A05.3.01.017 |
TA2 | 2873 |
FMA | 54999 |
Anatomical terminology |
Behind the ostium of the eustachian tube (ostium pharyngeum tuba auditiva) is a deep recess, the pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller).
Clinical significance
At the base of this recess is the
nasopharyngeal cancer
.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1141 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- synd/2659 at Who Named It?
- "Rosenmullers fossa". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Archived from the original on 2007-06-20.