which region of the pharynx contains openings for the eustachian tubes?
Normally this space is continuous with the space at the back of the mouth, but in swallowing it is shut off from the oropharynx by the soft palate pressing against the back wall. On the back wall of the nasopharynx are the openings of the EUSTACHIAN TUBES and, in childhood, the ADENOIDS. Nasopharynx The passage that connects the nasal cavity to the top of the throat.