pharyngeal vault/fornix (vault of pharynx)

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Introduction

The nonmuscular, noncollapsing upper end of the nasopharynx, where the pharyngeal mucosa is firmly applied to the body of the sphenoid & pharyngobasilar fascia.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.