Open mouth showing palate and tonsils. It also shows the two palatine arches, and the pharyngeal isthmus through which the nasopharynx above communicates with the oral portion of the pharynx below.

Mouth Showing Palate and Tonsils

Open mouth showing palate and tonsils. It also shows the two palatine arches, and the pharyngeal isthmus…

Antero-inferior surface of the soft palate. The tongue has been removed, so that the pharyngeal isthmus is distinctly seen.

Mouth, Cavity of the

Antero-inferior surface of the soft palate. The tongue has been removed, so that the pharyngeal isthmus…

The anterior all of the pharynx with its orifices, seen from behind.

Pharynx Wall

The anterior all of the pharynx with its orifices, seen from behind.