Pharyngeal recess

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.)
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Identifiers
Latin	recessus pharyngeus
TA	A05.3.01.017
FMA	54999
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

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 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.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External nose

Openings	Nasal vestibule Nostril Posterior nasal apertures

Lateral wall	Nasal conchae: Supreme nasal concha Superior nasal concha Middle nasal concha Inferior nasal concha Nasal meatus: (Supreme superior middle inferior) Sphenoethmoidal recess Ethmoid bulla Agger nasi Ethmoidal infundibulum Semilunar hiatus Maxillary hiatus

Medial wall	Nasal septum Vomeronasal organ

Mucous membrane	Olfactory mucosa

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