Canine Head Flashcards
What are the four cartilages that make up the larynx?
Epiglottic cartilage
Arytenoid cartilage
Thyroid cartilage
Cricoid cartilage
Which fold is located between the cuneiform process of the artyneoid cartilage and the epiglottic cartilage?
Aryepiglottic fold
What is the function of the larynx?
Protect trachea against food aspiration
Air in breathing
Phonation
During swallowing the ___ is pulled cranially and the ___ is deflected caudally.
Larynx ; epiglottis
What closes during swallowing, inhibiting inspiration?
Glottis
During phonation exhaled air vibrates across the ____ to create sounds.
Vocal folds
True/False. In domestic animals the epiglottis normally sits dorsal to the soft palate but can move ventrally and in equid species its always normally placed dorsal to the soft palate.
True - this is why equid species are obligate nasal breathers!
Cats purr via a rapid widening and narrowing of the ____ through fast- twitch muscles.
Glottis
True/False. Laryngeal paralysis is more common the right side of small and large animals.
False. LEFT side is more common
Which is the only laryngeal muscle that is innervated by the cranial laryngeal nerve?
Cricothyroid muscle
Which is the only muscle whose function is to open the glottis?
Crycoarytenoideus dorsalis
Which is the only muscle that is responsible for opening the jaw?
Digastricus muscle
The thyroarytenoideus and cricoarytyenoideus dorsalis and lateralis are innervated by ____ nerve which is the terminal branch of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Caudal laryngeal nerve
What occurs if there is laryngeal hemiplegia, damage to the caudal laryngeal nerve?
- Lack of abduction of the arytenoid cartilage during inhalation
- Glottal opening remains narrowed unilaterally
Delutition involved the transferring of foreign bodies from the ___ into the ____.
Oral cavity –> esophagus
What is the first phase of deglutition?
Voluntary: present food bolus to oropharynx for swallowing
What is the second involuntary phase of a swallowing reflex?
Bolus must be removed at the entrance to the larynx by swallowing or blowing it out of the oropharynx and out of the mouth
Where does the oropharynx lie?
Caudal part of the oral cavity caudal to the palatoglossal folds/arches
What are the extrinsic muscles of the tongue and what do they do?
- Genioglossus, Styloglossus, Hyoglossus
- Elevate the tongue towards the hard palate
What structure does the mandibular and sublingual ducts open through?
Sublingual caruncle
What are the hyoid muscles?
Mylohyoideus
Geniohyoideus
Sternohyoideus
Thyrohyoideus
Which is the only bone that is seen from the hypoid apparatus?
Basihyoid bone
What are the three muscles that constrict the pharynx in the sequence of the most cranial to caudal?
Hyopharyngeus
Thyropharyngeus
Cricopharyngeus
The horizontal ear canal is made of ___ cartilage and is adhered to the bony ____ of the temporal bone.
Auricular cartilage; External acoustic meatus
What is aural hematoma?
Damage to blood vessels supplying the pinna
Cats have additional salivary galnds that lie in a small flap of the ____ adjacent to the lingual aspect of teeth 308 and 408.
Sublingual fold
Sialocele is a pocket of saliva caused by damage or blockage to a ___ duct.
Salivary duct
Which salivary duct is mainly affected in animals with sialocele?
Parotid salivary duct
When a dog blinks the sensroy nerves from the cornea sense the ___ sweeping over the globe.
Palpebrae
What does the corneal reflex contract, pulling the eye caudally within the orbit?
Retractor bulbi muscles
What helps to remove debris from the surface of the cornea and also distributes oily and aqueous parts of the tear film over the surface of the eye?
Third eyelid (nictitating membrane)
What makes up the bony framework of the head?
Skull and Hyoid apparatus
What are the three different skull shapes in the dog?
Brachycephalic
Mesaticephalic
Dolichocephalic
Which skull shape is defined as the facial length being shorter than the cranial length?
a. Brachycephalic
b. Mesaticephalic
c. Dolichocephalic
Brachycephalic
Which skull shape is known to have a facial length greater than the cranial length?
a. Brachycephalic
b. Mesaticephalic
c. Dolichocephalic
c. Dolichocephalic
Which skull shape is known to have a facial length that is equivalent to the cranial length?
a. Brachycephalic
b. Mesaticephalic
c. Dolichocephalic
b. Mesaticephalic
Which structure is known to warm and moisten air as it enters the nasal cavity?
Nasal conchae
True/False. The esophagus is located ventral to the trachea.
False. Its dorsal to the trachea
Which muscles are located on the rostal aspect of the auricle and help to bring the ear forward?
Rostral auricular muscles