Exam II Lecture VIII Flashcards
Sensory innervation to outer ear via
Great auricular nerve
Auriculotemporal nerve
Lesser occipital nerve
Oval window is closed by
Footplate of stapes
Auditory ossicles
Malleus-tympanic membrane
Incus
Stapes-oval window
Stapedius muscle
Inserts onto neck of stapes
Contracts with loud sounds
Innervated by CN VII
Tensor tympani muscle
Inserts onto malleus
Contracts with loud sounds
Innervated by CN V-3
CN IX includes
Tympanic nerve
Lateral petrosal nerve
Tympanic nerve
GSA to mucosa of tympanic cavity, mastoid air cells, and auditory tube
Lateral petrosal nerve route
Leaves tympanic cavity to floor of middle cranial fossa
Descends through foramen ovale to infratemporal fossa
Ends in otic ganglion
Inner ear is supplied by ____ artery which is a branch of
Labyrinthine artery from the basilar artery
Cochlea
Resembles snail shell
Three turns
Round window
Inner ear contains
Bony/membranous labyrinth
Cochlea
Vestibule
Vestibule contains
Utricle
Saccule
Inner ear is supplied by what nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve CN VIII
Semicircular canals open into
Utricle
Semicircular canals are dilated at one end to form ___ which has what function
Ampulla with crista ampullaris
Senses rotational acceleration
Utricle and saccule contain ____ and their function is
Macula
Senses linear acceleration and pull of gravity
Roof bones of orbit
Orbital plate of frontal bone
Lesser wings of sphenoid
Roof bones of orbit related to, special features
Related to cerebral lobes
Special feature- fossa for lacrimal gland
Floor bones of orbit
Orbital plate of maxilla
Zygomatic
Orbital process of palatine
Floor bones of orbit related to, special features
Related to maxillary sinus
Special features- Infraorbital groove/canal containing
-Infraorbital nerve and artery
Infraorbital nerve/artery are continuations of
Cranial nerve V2
Branch of external carotid artery
Medial wall of bones of orbit
Lacrimal
Frontal
Ethmoid
Medial wall related to
Ethmoid air cells
Sphenoid sinus
Nasal cavity
Special features medial wall
Fossa for lacrimal sac
Opening for nasolacrimal canal
Lateral wall bones of orbit
Zygomatic
Greater wing of sphenoid
Frontal
Lateral wall related to
Temporal fossa containing temporalis muscle
Middle cranial fossa