Exam 2 - Airway Flashcards
How many turbinates are there?
Where are they located?
What is another name for turbinates?
- Inferior, middle, and superior
- lateral wall of nasal passages
- conchae
Which nasal anatomy do airway devices pass through?
- Inferior meatus, between the inferior turbinate and floor of the nasal cavity
Another name for the nasal passages?
Fossae
What is the cribriform plate?
A thin horizontal bone at the base of the skull that forms the roof of the nasal cavity
What 3 medications can be used to vasoconstrict the nasal vessels to prevent bleeding?
- Cocaine
- Phenylephrine
- Oxymetolazine
What are the three parts of the floor of the mouth?
Tongue, mandible, teeth
What two bones make up the hard palate?
Maxilla and palantine bones
What area is considered the pharynx?
- Base of skull to lower border of cricoid cartilage.
What area is indicated by 1 on the figure below?
Nasopharynx
What area is indicated by 2 on the figure below?
Oropharynx
What area is indicated by 3 on the figure below?
Hypopharynx
What structure divides the oropharynx and the hypopharynx?
- Epiglottis
Loss of pharyngeal muscle tone results in ____ .
Airway obstruction
Fill in the structures that compose the picture of the larynx below.
What structure is indicated by 1 on the figure below?
- Median glossoepiglottic fold
What structure is indicated by 2 on the figure below?
- Lateral glossoepiglottic fold
What structure is indicated by 3 on the figure below?
- Aryepiglottic fold
What structure is indicated by 4 on the figure below?
- Ventricular fold
What structure is indicated by 5 on the figure below?
- Vocal fold
What structure is indicated by 6 on the figure below?
- Trachea
What structure is indicated by 7 on the figure below?
- Corniculate Cartilage
What structure is indicated by 8 on the figure below?
- Cuneiform Cartilage
What structure is indicated by 9 on the figure below?
- Piriform Recess
What structure is indicated by 10 on the figure below?
- Tubercle of Epiglottis