head and neck Flashcards
5 major compartments of the head
- cranial cavity
- two ears
- two orbits
- two nasal cavities
- oral cavity
2 nasal cavities
- nares (nostrils)
- choanae (posterior nasal apertures)
two oral cavities
- oral fissure (mouth)
- oropharyngeal isthmus
two fossa
- infratemporal fossa
- pterygopalatine fossa
for which nerve is the infratemporal fossa a conduit
the mandibular nerve
between wich two cavities does the mandibular nerve pass
cranial and oral cavities
which nerve passes through the pterygopalatine fossa
the maxillary nerve
what are the four major compartments of the neck
- vertebral compartment
- visceral “
- 2 vascular “
what does the vertebral compartment of the neck contain
- cervical vertebrae
- postural muscles
what does the visceral compartment of the neck contain
- glands (thyroid, parathyroid, thymus)
- parts of the respiratory and digestive tracts
what do the two vascular compartments of the neck contain
- major blood vessels
- vagus nerve
what encloses the four major compartments of the neck
an outer musculofascial collar
3 parts of pharynx
- nasopharynx
- oropharynx
- laryngopharynx
which structures interconnect most of the bones of the skull
sutures (immovable fibrous joints)
large membranous and unossified gaps in the skull of a fetus and newborn
fontanelles
