fauces

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The passage from the back of the mouth to the pharynx, bounded by the soft palate, the base of the tongue, and the palatine arches.

[Middle English, from Latin faucēs.]

faucal fau'cal (-kəl) or fau'cial (-shəl) adj.

(fô′sēz)
n

The archway between the pharyngeal and oral cavities; formed by the tongue, anterior and posterior tonsillar pillars, and soft palate.

In the Roman house, passageways from the street to the atrium, or from the atrium to the peristyle.

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The passage from the mouth to the pharynx.

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