Salpingopharyngeal fold
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A vertical fold of mucous membrane, the salpingopharyngeal fold, stretches from the lower part of the torus tubarius
Torus tubarius
The base of the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube lies directly under the mucous membrane of the nasal part of the pharynx, where it forms an elevation, the torus tubarius, the torus of the auditory tube, or cushion, behind the pharyngeal orifice of the tube...

; it contains the Salpingopharyngeus muscle.
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