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Figure 5

Reflected light in the mirror will illuminate the posterior
nose and nasopharynx.

7. Should the space between the palate

and pharyngeal wall be too narrow for
examination, a soft palate retractor may
be required.

8. Variations in color and contour of each

side of the nasopharynx when compared
with identical structures of the opposite
side should arouse suspicion that an ab-

normality exists.

9. The various anatomical structures that may

be viewed include the eustachian tube
orifice, torus tubarius, fossa of Rosen-
muller, adenoid, middle turbinate, inferior
turbinate and nasal septum.