Head and neck final: Nose, nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses

Question 1

The nasal cavity divided into right and left by the ___

Answer 1

nasal septum

Question 2

Nasal cavity has the anterior openings called ___

Answer 2

nares

Question 3

Choanae (posterior nasal apertures) are located ___, communicate with the ___

Answer 3

posteriorly

nasopharynx

Question 4

Roof of nasal cavity is formed by the __(4)__ bones

Answer 4

nasal
frontal
ethmoid
sphenoid

Question 5

Medial wall of nasal cavity is the nasal septum formed by the __(3)__

Answer 5

Septal cartilage
perpendicular plate of ethmoid
vomer

Question 6

Lateral wall of nasal cavity is formed by ___

Answer 6

the 3 nasal conchae

Question 7

Meatuses are the grooves below each ___, superior, middle and inferior meatuses

Answer 7

conchae

Question 8

Conchae are superior, middle and inferior, divide the nasal cavity into ___ passages

Answer 8

4

Question 9

___ lies superior to superior concha, receives the opening of sphenoidal sinus

Answer 9

Sphenoethmoidal recess

Question 10

Superior meatus, receives the opening of ___ sinus

Answer 10

posterior ethmoidal

Question 11

Ethmoidal infundibulum, funnel - shaped opening, communicates with the ___

Answer 11

frontal sinus

Question 12

___ is a groove into which the frontal sinus opens

Answer 12

Semilunar hiatus

Question 13

___ is a rounded elevation formed by the middle ethmoidal sinus

Answer 13

Ethmoidal Bulla

Question 14

___ opens into the posterior end of the semilunar hiatus

Answer 14

Maxillary sinus

Question 15

___ are the air - filled extensions of the respiratory part of the nasal cavity, lighten the skull and add resonance to voice

Answer 15

Paranasal sinuses

Question 16

Frontal sinuses are located posterior to the ___

Answer 16

Superciliary arches

Question 17

___ are located in the lateral mass of the ethmoid bone

Answer 17

Ethmoidal sinuses

Question 18

Anterior ethmoidal cells drain into the ___

Answer 18

middle meatus

Question 19

____ cells directly drain into the middle meatus, because they form the ethmoidal bulla

Answer 19

Middle ethmoidal

Question 20

___ cells open directly into the superior meatus

Answer 20

Posterior Ethmoidal

Question 21

___ sinuses are in the body of the sphenoid bone, separated by a bony septum

Answer 21

Sphenoidal

Question 22

Relations of the sphenoidal sinus are the __(5)__

Answer 22

Optic N
Optic Chiasma
Pituitary Gland
Internal Carotid A
Cavernous SInus

Question 23

The sphenoidal sinuses open separately into the ___ sinus

Answer 23

sphenoethmoidal

Question 24

___ sinuses are the largest of the paranasal sinuses, occupy the bodies of the maxillae

Answer 24

Maxillary