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25 - Nasal cavity Flashcards

1
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Describe the overall structure of the nasal cavity.

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  • paired structure with right and left cavities separated by the septum
  • separated form the oral cavity by the hard palate
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2
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What is the function of the nasal cavity?

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  • contain olfactory receptor for smell
  • filters and humidifies air for respiration
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3
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What bones make up the external nose?

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  • nasal
  • frontal process of maxilla
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4
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What cartilages make up the external nose?

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  • septal
  • major and minor alar
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5
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What muscles make up the external nose?

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  • nasalis
  • depressor septi nasi
  • Levator labii superioris alequae nasi
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6
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What bone forms the floor of the nasal cavity?

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  • palatine process of maxillae
  • horizontal plate of palatine bones
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What are the key features of the floor of the nasal cavity?

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  • nares
  • incisive canals
  • nasal crest
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What are the nares?

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Anterior opening of the nasal cavity (nostrils)

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9
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What is the nasal crest?

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Attachment of the vomer in the nasal septum

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10
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What makes up the nasal septum?

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  • septal cartilage
  • perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
  • vomer
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11
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What problems can a deviated septum present?

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  • can be a birth defect or caused by injury
  • snoring
  • nosebleeds
  • difficulty bleeding
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What makes up the roof of the nasal cavity?

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  • cribriform plate of ethmoid
  • nasal bones (anteriorly)
  • nasal spine of frontal bone (anteriorly)
  • sphenoid bone (posteriorly)
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13
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What is the cribriform plate’s relationship to the nasal cavity?

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Has many holes to allow the passage of the olfactory nerves to the nasal cavity

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What bones make up the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?

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  • nasal
  • ethmoid (superior and middle conchae)
  • lacrimal
  • maxilla
  • inferior concha
  • palatine
  • sphenoid
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15
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What is the ethmoidal labyrinth?

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  • projects 2 of the 3 conchae in the nose
  • middle and superior
  • lateral walls of the labyrinth form part of the orbit
  • increases surface area for warming and humidification
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16
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What is the function of the conchae?

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Increase surface area for warming and humidification of the air

17
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What are the meatus in the nasal cavity?

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  • area under the conchae
  • named respectively
18
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Describe the pattern of innervation of the nasal cavity.

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  • olfactory nerve (CN I) innervates the area over the superior concha
  • CN V1 innervates the upper/anterior portion of the lateral wall and septum
  • CN V2 innervates the lower/posterior portion of the lateral wall and septum
19
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What branches of CN V1 innervate the nasal cavity?

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Anterior ethmoidal (branch of infratrochlear)

20
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What branches of CN V2 innervate the nasal cavity?

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  • anterior superior alveolar nerve (nasal branch)
  • infraorbital nerve (nasal branch)
  • nasopalatine nerve
  • lateral nasal nerves (posterior inferior and posterior superior)
21
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What nerve supplies the Ala of the nose?

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Infraorbital nerve

22
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Describe the arterial supply of the nasal cavity.

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ECA
- sphenopalatine (maxillary)
- greater palatine (maxillary, from oral cavity)
- superior labial (facial)
- lateral nasal (facial)
ICA (ophthalmic)
- anterior ethmoidal
- posterior ethmoidal

23
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Describe the venous drainage of the nasal cavity.

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  • veins that follow the maxillary artery drain into the pterygoid plexus
  • veins that follow the facial artery drain into the facial vein
  • veins that follow the ethmoidal arteries drain into the cavernous sinus
24
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Name the paranasal sinuses.

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  • frontal
  • ethmoidal cells
  • sphenoid
  • maxillary
25
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What are paranasal sinuses?

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Hollow cavity in bone within the skull that are lined by respiratory epithelium and open into the nasal cavity

26
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Describe the drainage of the ethmoidal cells.

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  • anterior cells drain into the infundibulum in middle meatus
  • middle cells drain into middle meatus at the ethmoidal bulla
  • posterior cells drain into superior meatus
27
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Describe the drainage of the maxillary sinus.

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Drains into the middle meatus at the semilunar hiatus

28
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Describe the drainage of the frontal sinus.

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Drains into the infundibulum in the middle meatus

29
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Describe the drainage of the sphenoid sinus.

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Drains into the sphenoethmoidal recess in the superior, posterior aspect of the nasal cavity

30
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Why does infection in the sinuses mimc toothache?

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  • similar innervation
  • build up of infected material (pus), cannot drain as exit is superior

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