Anat of nasal cavity Flashcards
What bones make up the nose?
Nasal bones
Frontal processes of maxillae
Nasal part of frontal bone
What cartilages make up the nose?
Anterior border of septal cartilage
Upper lateral nasal cartilage
Lower lateral nasal cartilage (alar cartilage)
Few minor alar cartilage
What arteries supply the external nose?
Anterior ethmoidal branch of ophthalmic A
Infra-orbital branch of maxillary A
Lateral nasal branches and superior labial branch of facial A
What nerves supply the external nose?
External nasal and infra-trochlear branches of anterior ethmoidal branch of CNV1
Nasal branches of infra-orbital branch of CNV2
What drains into the inferior meatus?
Nasolacrimal duct
What are the 2 features of the middle meatus?
Bulla ethmoidalis
Hiatus semilunaris
What opens into the bulla ethmoidalis?
Middle ethmoidal sinus
What opens into the hiatus semilunaris?
Maxillary air sinus
Anterior ethmoidal sinus
Frontal sinus
What opens into the superior meatus?
Posterior ethmoidal sinus
Where is the spheno-ethmoidal recess?
Above and behind the superior concha
What opens into the spheno-ethmoidal recess?
Sphenoidal sinus
What sinus is related to the optic canal?
Posterior ethmoidal
What is the arterial supply of the nasal cavity?
Anterior ethmoidal branch of ophthalmic A
Posterior ethmoidal branch of ophthalmic A
Sphenopalatine branch of maxillary A
Greater palatine branch of maxillary A
Septal branch of superior labial branch of facial A
What is Kiesselbach’s area and where is it located?
Site of anastomosis of all 5 arteries supplying the nasal cavity
In the antero-inferior part of the nasal septum
What arteries supply the back of the nasal cavity?
Sphenopalatine A
What drains the external and anterior nose?
Angular and lateral nasal veins drain into facial V
What drains the posterior aspect of the nose?
Sphenopalatine V
Anterior and posterior ethmoidal veins
Pterygoid venous plexus
What drains the nose superiorly?
Inferior ophthalmic V
Through which vein can infection spread into the cavernous sinus?
Facial V
What nerves provide general sensation to the anterosuperior area of the nose?
Anterior and posterior ethmoidal branches of CNV1
What nerves provide general sensation to the posteroinferior area of the nose?
Nasopalatine and greater palatine branches of lateral nasal branches of CNV2
Where does lymph drain into from the anterior part of the nose?
Submandibular lymph nodes
Where does lymph from the posterior part of the nose drain into?
Retropharyngeal and upper deep cervical nodes
Where does lymph from the roof of the nose drain into?
Accompanies olfactory N and drains into CSF of sub-arachnoid space
What is the most commonly infected paranasal sinus and why?
Maxillary sinus
Poor drainage
What sinus is related to the teeth?
Maxillary sinus
What sinus is related to pituitary gland?
Sphenoid sinus
What is the innervation of the frontal supply?
Superior orbital branches of CNV1
What is the innervation of the ethmoidal sinus?
Anterior and posterior ethmoidal branches of nasociliary branch of CNV1
What is the innervation of the maxillary sinus?
Anterior, middle, and posterior superior alveolar branches of CNV2