Extra theory - Pharynx & Esophagus

Question 1

What is Isthmus of fauces?

Describe its border

Answer 1

Where the oral cavity & the oropharynx meet
Borders:
- Sup: Soft palate (uvula)
- Inf: Root of tongue
- Lat: Palato-glossal & palato-pharyngeal arches

Question 2

2 muscles that open auditory tube

Answer 2

Salpinopharyngeus m.

Tensor veli palatini m.

Question 3

Identify 1

Answer 3

Killian’s dehiscence (also known as Killian’s triangle)

Question 4

Border of Killian’s dehiscence (also known as Killian’s triangle)

Answer 4

a triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the cricopharyngeus and thyropharyngeus which are the two parts of the inferior constrictors(also see Pharyngeal pouch).

Question 5

Identify 2

Answer 5

A Killian–Jamieson’s area

-> is an outpouching of the esophagus just below the upper esophageal sphincter.

Question 6

Identify 3

Answer 6

Laimer’s diverticulum, arising from Laimer-Haeckerman’s triangle to the dorsal side, located below the cricopharyngeal muscle