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Rosenmuller's fossa (medicine)


Rosenmuller's fossa -->
pharyngeal recess


A slitlike depression in the membranous (non-muscular) pharyngeal wall extending posterior to the opening of the auditory (eustachian) tube.

Synonym: recessus pharyngeus, recessus infundibuliformis, Rosenmuller's fossa, Rosenmuller's recess.