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poetry (as used in expressions) (sh) and postpharyngeal space (medicine)


poetry (as used in expressions) (sh)


postpharyngeal space (medicine)


postpharyngeal space -->
retropharyngeal space


That part of the peripharyngeal spatium located posterior to the pharynx. In the normal adult it measures 4 mm (at C3 level), but is considered abnormal when greater than 7 mm.

Can be icreased with a cervical spine fracture, retropharyngeal abscess.

Synonym: spatium retropharyngeum, postpharyngeal space.