ENT For SLT Flashcards
What is the external anatomy of the nose? 10 points.
- Root
- Dorsum
3, supra tip - Tip
- Columella
- Alar crease
- Naso-labial fold
- Philtrum
- Nares
- Alar Margin
What is the margin of the nasal cavity
Conchae
What are the contents of the internal anatomy of the nasal cavity?
Septum
Turbinates
Meati
What are the five areas of the septum?
- Quadrangular cartilage
- maxillary crest
- Vomer
- Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
- Nasal bones
What are the three turbinates?
Inferior
Middle
Superior
What are the three meati?
Inferior ( NLD)
Middle (m, F, AE)
Spheno-ethmoidal recess ( PE, S)
What are the sinuses?
Maxillary
Ethmoid
Frontal
Sphenoid
What are the contents of the maxillary sinus?
Orbit
Oral cavity
What are the contents of the ethmoid sinus?
Orbit
Cribiform plate
What are the contents of the frontal sinus?
Orbit, ant fossa
What are the contents of the sphenoid sinus?
Pituitary, optic nerve
What is in the surface lining of the nose?
Respiratory epithelium
Mucoperiosteum
Mucoperichondrium
What is mucoperiosteum?
Bone
What is mucoperichondrium ?
Cartilage
Where does the nasopharynx begin and end?
Start- posterior choana
End- soft palate