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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.
The Eustachian tube in the adult is opened by two muscles (the tensor palati and the levator palati) but the anatomy of children permits only one of these muscles (the tensor palati) to work. This is a particular problem for children born with cleft palate who have poor function of that muscle; they suffer from Eustachian tube and middle ear problems until the second muscle (the levator palati) begins to function.