Anatomy Flashcards
Branches of the maxillary artery
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Deep auricular Anterior tympanic Middle meningeal Inferior alveolar Accessory meningeal Masseteric Pterygoid Deep temporal Buccinator Sphenopalatine Descending palatine Infraorbital Posterior superior alveolar Middle superior alveolar Pharyngeal Anterior superior alveolar Artery of the pterygoid canal
Branches of the external carotid
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Superior thyroid Ascending pharyngeal Lingual Facial Occipital Posterior auricular Superficial temporal Maxillary
Layers of the scalp
Skin Connective tissue Aponeurosis (Galea Aponeurotica) Loose areolar connective tissue Pericranium
What arteries contribute to Kiesselbach’s plexus?
FOMM
Facial (superior labial branch)
Ophthalmic (ant ethmoidal branch)
Maxillary (greater palatine branch)
Maxillary (sphenopalatine branch)
What drains to each nasal turbinate meatus?
PS-FAMM-N
Superior meatus:
- Posterior ethmoidal air sacks
- Sphenoidal sinus
Middle meatus:
- Frontal sinus
- Anterior ethmoidal air sacks
- Middle ethmoidal air sacks
- Maxillary sinus
Inferior meatus:
-Nasolacrimal duct
Three muscles off of styloid process & their innervations
Stylopharyngeus (glossopharyngeal n.)
Stylohyoid (facial n.)
Styloglossus (hypoglossal n.)
Which CN’s contain parasympathetics?
3, 7, 9, 10
Which laryngeal muscles are aBductors & aDductors?
Abductor: PCA (oPen)
Adductor: LCA (cLose)
Which laryngeal muscles affect pitch?
Cricothyroid - raises pitch
Thyroarytenoid - lowers pitch
How is the auricle attached to the skull?
Anterior, posterior, superior ligaments
Anterior, posterior, superior auricular muscles
Skin
EAC cartilage
What proportion of the EAC is bony vs. cartilaginous?
2/3 bony
1/3 cartilagenous
Opposite of eustachian tube
Cutaneous innervation of the auricle
Anterosuperior: Auriculotemporal n. (V3)
Posterosuperior: Lesser occipital n. (cervical plexus)
Inferior: Great auricular n. (cervical plexus)
What borders the pars flaccida?
Anterior & posterior malleolar folds (tympanic striae)
Where is there no fibrous annulus to the TM?
Notch of Rivinus (where pars flaccida connects directly to temporal bone)
What bony plate separates squamous & petrous air cells?
Koerner’s (Petrosquamous) septum
Borders of the facial recess
Superior: Short process of incus
Medial: Facial nerve
Lateral: Chorda tympani
What surface marking on the temporal bone shows where the tegmen is?
Temporal line
What are the major parts of the temporal bone
Petrous
Mastoid
Squamous
Tympanic
What suture lines are found in the EAC?
Tympanomastoid fissure
(posterior)
Tympanosquamous fissure
(anterosuperior)
What is the landmark used to gain access to the mastoid antrum?
What defines the borders?
Macewen’s triangle (mastoid fossa)
Anterior: Spine of Henle
Superior: Temporal line
Posterior: A line connecting the two
Landmark on superior temporal bone for superior semicircular canal
Arcuate eminence
Superior temporal bone: contains internal carotid
Foramen lacerum
What does the facial hiatus contain?
Greater superficial petrosal n.
How is the IAC divided?
Divided by falciform crest (horizontal) & Bill’s bar (vertical, top half only)
UL: Facial n. & NI
UR: Superior vestibular
LR: Inferior vestibular
LL: Cochlear
“7up, coke down”
What are the embryologic precursors to the ossicles?
First branchial arch: Malleus head/neck, incus body & short process
Second branchial arch: Malleus manubrium, incus long & lenticular processes, stapes cruses
Innervation of tensor tympani & stapedius
Tensor tympani = V3
Stapedius = VII
Where does the tensor tympani come out from?
Cochleariform process
Where does the stapedius come out from?
Pyramidal eminence
What attaches the stapes footplate to the bony margins of the oval window?
Annular ligament
Embryologic precursor to the stapes footplate & annular ligament
Otic capsule
Embryologic precursor to the eustachian tube
Ventral 1st branchial arch
What parts of eustachian tube are bony vs. cartilaginous?
Posterior 1/3 is bony
Anterior 2/3 is cartilaginous
What muscle opens the eustachian tube?
Tensor veli palatini (CNV3)
Middle ear space divisions
Epitympanum
Mesotympanum
Hypotympanum
What is the lateral bony wall of epitympanic recess?
Scutum
What is the promontory?
Basal turn of the cochlea - forms the medial wall of the middle ear
What CN is Jacobson’s n. from?
What does it supply?
CNIX
Functions:
1) Sensory to the EAC
2) Jacobson’s –> Lesser petrosal –> otic ganglion –> auriculotemporal –> parotid parasympathetics
What CN is Arnold’s n. from?
What does it supply?
CNX
Sensory fibers to EAC. Responsible for otoscope-cough reflex and referred otalgia in laryngeal pathology
Ridge of bone between round window niche and pyramidal eminence
Subiculum
Date of developmental arrest & associated inner ear deformities
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3) Michel aplasia
4) Common cavity
5) Aplasia (of cochlea)
6) Hypoplasia (of cochlea)
7) Mondini aplasia
8th week - normal development
What two spaces does the periotic duct (cochlear aqueduct) connect?
Subarachnoid space and scala tympani
What two spaces does the endolymphatic duct (vestibular aqueduct) connect?
Vestibule to endolymphatic sac (abuts posterior fossa dura)
Electrolyte compositions of perilymph & endolymph
Perilymph:
Na+ > K+
Similar to ECF & CSF
Endolymph:
K+ > Na+
Similar to ICF
How are perilymph & endolymph formed?
CSF filtered to perilymph
Perilymph filtered to endolymph
What is the ampulla?
Pear-shaped expansion at one end of each of the SCC
Contains the Cupula
What is the cupula?
Gelatinous layer within each ampulla of the SCC’s. Seals the SCC to detect pressure (cupula contains hair cells).
What is the crista ampullaris?
Sensory element of the SCCs - contains hair cells extending into the cupula
Which otolithic organ senses which type of acceleration?
Utricle - horizontal linear
Saccule - vertical linear
Which vestibular nerves carry information from which organs?
Inferior vestibular n.
- Posterior SCC
- Saccule
Superior vestibular n.
- Superior SCC
- Horizontal SCC
- Utricle
What fluid is contained in the Scala Vestibuli?
Perilymph
What fluid is contained in the Scala Media?
Endolymph
What fluid is contained in the Scala Tympani?
Perilymph
What membrane separates the scala media and scala vestibuli?
Reissner’s membrane
What membrane separates the scala media and scala tympani?
Basilar membrane
What is the area advantage of the middle ear?
17:1
What is the lever advantage of the middle ear?
1.3:1
What is the total mechanical advantage of the middle ear?
22:1
~30 dB gain
What are the neurovascular structures contained within the cavernous sinus?
CN: III, IV, VI, V2, V3
ICA
Nerves supplying sensation to the V2 distribution
Infraorbital n.
Zygomaticotemporal n.
Nerves supplying sensation to the V3 distribution
Mental n.
Buccal n.
Auriculotemporal n.
What is contained in the posterior triangle?
Accessory nerve
cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus
external jugular vein
transverse cervical and suprascapular vessels
subclavian vein (occasionally) and artery
posterior (inferior) belly of the omohyoid
roots and trunks of the brachial plexus.
What triangles are formed by the posterior belly of the omohyoid?
Occipital and subclavian triangles
What triangles comprise the anterior triangle?
Submental triangle
Digastric triangle
Carotid triangle
Muscular triangle
Divided by the anterior and posterior digastric and the anterior omohyoid
What muscles insert onto the body of the hyoid?
geniohyoid
mylohyoid
omohyoid
sternohyoid muscles.