Clinical Relevance Of The Gag Reflex 2 Flashcards
What si the pharynx involved in
Breathing Speaking swallowing Coughing Sneezing Vomiting Gagging
What is aspiration
Inhalation of solid/liquid into lungs
Usually fragments of teeth, amalgam material
Pharynx protects against this
What are the parts of the pharynx
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx
What si the nasopharynx
Posterior to nasal cav
Base sphenoid bone down soft palate
Pharyngeal tonsils
Where si the oropharynx
Behind oral cav
Where is the laryngopharynx
Form sup border of epiglottis and rus down and meets oes starts about c6
What are the components of the RESP tract
Nasal cav
Oral cav
Larynx
Trachea
What si the alimentary canal
Oral cav
Oesophagus
Pathway for food
What are the layers form the pharynx to the vertebrae
Pharynx Pharyngeal muscle Buccooharyngeal fascia Alar fascia Retropharyngeal space Prevertebral fascia Prevertebral muscle Vertebra
Why is the retropharyngeal space of importance
Let’s pharynx and larynx move relative to vertebrae
Clinically imp as adipose tissue and lymphatics
May cause spread of infection
What are the external muscles of the pharynx
Circular muscles
How are the circular muscles related to eachother
Overlap eachother
Are circular muscles vol or invol
Vol
What is unusual about the contraction of the circular muscles
Sequential
Invol
What innervates the circular muscles
Vagus
Pharyngeal plexus
Where do the circular muscles insert onto
The midline raphe
What si the fascia between the superior circular muscle and the occipital bone
Pharyngo- basilar fascia
What a re the circular muscles
Superior
Middle
Inferior
What are the attachments of the superior circular muscles
Pterygoid hamulus
Pterygomandibular raphe
Mylohyoid line
What are the attachments of the Middle circular muscle
Greater horn of sphenoid
What a re the attachments of the inferior circular muscle
Thyroid cartilage ( oblique line) Cricoid cartilage
What are the gaps between the circular muscles
Gateway to the mouth