Pharyngeal recess

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Pharyngeal recess

Lateral wall of nasal cavity. (Pharyngeal recess labeled at bottom right.)

Front of nasal part of pharynx, as seen with the laryngoscope. (Pharyngeal recess labeled at center right.)
Latin	recessus pharyngeus
Gray's	subject #244 1141

Behind the ostium of the eustacian 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 retropharyngeal lymph node (the Node of Rouvier.) This is clinically significant in that it may be involved in certain head and neck cancers, notably Nasopharyngeal cancer.

External links

synd/2659 at Who Named It?
"Rosenmullers fossa". Medcyclopaedia. GE. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Head and neck, upper RT: Nose (TA A06.1, TH H3.05.01, GA 10.992)

External nose

Nasal cavity

Openings	Nasal vestibule Nostril Posterior nasal apertures

Lateral wall	Nasal conchae/meatus: Superior nasal concha Middle nasal concha Inferior nasal concha Superior nasal meatus Middle nasal meatus Inferior nasal meatus Sphenoethmoidal recess Ethmoid bulla Agger nasi Ethmoidal infundibulum Semilunar hiatus Maxillary hiatus

Medial wall	Nasal septum Vomeronasal organ

Mucous membrane	Olfactory mucosa

Paranasal sinuses

Naso-pharynx

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