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Head: Nasal Cavity Flashcards

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Bones of the nasal cavity

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  • Frontal bone
  • Nasal bone
  • Frontal process of maxillary bone
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Cartilages of nasal cavity

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  • Lateral cartilages
  • Septal cartilages
  • Alar cartilages
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Nasal septum separates

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  • Separates left and right nasal cavity
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Nasal septum is formed by

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  • Septal cartilage
  • Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
  • Vomer
  • Nasal crests of maxilla and palatine bones
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Olfactory region

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  • Receptors for the sense of smell
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Respiratory region

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  • Warms and moistens air
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Nasal vestibule

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  • Dilated space inside nostrils lined with skin

- Contains vibrissae (hairs that fxn as filters)

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Left and right nasal cavity boundaries

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  • Roof: nasal, frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid bones
    Floor: palatine processes of maxilla, hzn plates of palatine bone
  • Medial Wall: nasal septum
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Lateral wall of the nasal cavity

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  • Maxilla
  • Ethmoid bone (superior and middle nasal conchae)
  • Perpendicular plate of palatine bone
  • Inferior nasal concha (conchae = turbinates)
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Nasal conchae (lateral wall)

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  • Superior and middle are part of ethmoid bone

- Inferior is an independent bone

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Recesses of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity

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  • Sphenoethmoidal recess
  • Super nasal meatus
  • Middle nasal meatus
  • Inferior nasal meatus
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Sphenoethmoidal recess

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  • Opening of sphenoidal sinus
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Super nasal meatus

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  • Opening of posterior ethmoidal sinuses
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Middle nasal meatus contains

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  • Ethmoidal bulla

- Semilunar hiatus

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Ethmoidal bulla

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  • Opening of middle ethmoidal sinuses
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Semilunar hiatus

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  • Opening of frontal, maxillary, and anterior ethmoidal sinuses
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Inferior nasal meatus

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  • Opening of nasolacrimal duct
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Blood supply to nasal cavity comes from branches from

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  • Ophthalmic
  • Maxillary
  • Facial arteries
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Anterior ethmoidal artery

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  • Medial (septal) branch

- Lateral branch (to the lateral wall)

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Posterior ethmoidal artery

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  • Medial (septal)

- Lateral branch (to the lateral wall)

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Sphenopalatine artery

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  • Medial (septal) branch

- Lateral branch (to the lateral wall)

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Branches that supply nasal cavity

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  • Anterior ethmoidal
  • Posterior ethmoidal
  • Sphenopalatine
  • Septal branches
  • Greater palatine
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Septal branches to nasal cavity come from

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  • Facial artery (superior labial)
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Kiesselbach area

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  • Arterial plexus formed by septal arteries
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Kiesselbach area contains

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  • Sphenopalatine
  • Anterior ethmoidal
  • Superior labial
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Sphenopalatine artery is considered to be

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  • The artery of epistaxis (nose bleeds)

- Kiesselbach’s area is where 90% occur

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Olfactory sensation

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  • Sensation of smell
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Branches of ophthalmic (V1) and maxillary (V2) nerves in the nasal cavity provide

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  • Somatic sensation

- Autonomics use V1 and V2 to reach glands in nasal cavity

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Nerves supplying the nasal cavity

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  • Anterior ethmoidal nerve
  • Posterior ethmoidal nerve
  • Nasopalatine nerve
  • Posterior lateral nasal nerves
  • Infraorbital nerve
  • Infratrochlear nerve
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Anterior ethmoidal nerve supplies

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  • Roof
  • Anterior septum
  • Lateral wall
  • External nasal branch
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Nasopalatine nerve supplies

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Posterior lateral nasal nerves supply

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  • Septum
  • Lateral wall
  • Superior and inferior
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Infraorbital nerve supplies

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  • Vestibule

- Alae

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Paranasal sinuses

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  • Air-filled extensions of the respiratory tract

- Named by their location in the cranial bones

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Frontal sinuses

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  • Drains through frontonasal duct into middle meatus (semilunar hiatus)
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Ethmoid sinuses (air cells)

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  • Anterior
  • Middle
  • Posterior
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Anterior ethmoid sinus drains into

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  • Drains into middle meatus (semilunar hiatus)
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Middle ethmoid sinus drains into

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  • Drains into middle meatus (opening on ethmoid bulla)
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Posterior ethmoid sinus drains into

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  • Drains into superior meatus
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Sphenoid sinuses

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  • In the body of sphenoid bone

- Drain into spheno-ethmoidal recess

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Maxillary sinuses

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  • Largest sinus
  • Floor of the orbit
  • Drains into middle meatus
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Innervation of sinuses

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  • Branches of V1 and V2
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Blood supply of sinuses

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  • Branches of ophthalmic and maxillary arteries

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