guttural pouch

Question 1

how do you access the guttural pouch in the horse

Answer 1

via the auditory tubes present in the nasopharynx

Question 2

Briefly describe the overall structure of the guttural pouch

Answer 2

ventral diverticulum of the auditory tube; created due to the escape of the mucosal lining of the tube through a ventral slit between the medial and lateral supporting cartilages

Question 3

What bone incompletely divides the guttural pouch into lateral and medial compartments

Answer 3

stylohyoid

Question 4

list the arteries that lay directly against the pouch

Answer 4

external and internal carotid artery

Question 5

list the nerves that lay directly against the guttural pouch

Answer 5

glossopharyngeal
vagus: sympathetic trunk
accessory
hypoglossal
fascial

Gallahs fly around vacant homes

Question 6

What is the function of the guttural pouch

Answer 6

cools the cerebral blood supply

Question 7

what is the capacity of the guttural pouch

Answer 7

300-500 ml

Question 8

how might an infection of the vagus and glossolaryngeal present in a horse

Answer 8

malfunction of the palatine and pharyngeal muscles limiting the ability to swallow

laryngeal hemiplegia: roaring syndrome

Question 9

what is epistaxis and what causes it

Answer 9

nose bleed

often fatal

erosion of the internal carotid artery

Question 10

drainage of the guttural pouch is promoted while the animal is eating. T or F

Answer 10

T

Question 11

how might a congested guttural pouch present in a horse

Answer 11

palpale often visible swelling

abnormal carrying of the head and neck

nasal discharge: unilateral or bilateral

drooping upper eyelid (Fascial nerve?)

pupillary constriction

sweating and fever