L3 Flashcards
Boundaries of the pharynx: Posterior
Vertebral column and prevertebral muscles
What separates the pharynx from the cervical vertebra?
the prevertebral layer of deep cervical fascia
✨ the prevertebral fascia covers the prevertebral muscle,so from outside to inside you have:
Vertebral column>prevertebral muscle>prevertebral layer of fascia>buccopharyngeal fascia,which is fascia of the pharynx.
Boundaries of pharynx - superior?
Base of the skull which is formed by the sphenoid + occipital bones
Boundaries of pharynx - anterior
Continuous with nasal, oral, and larynx cavities
Boundaries of pharynx - inferior
esophagus (C6) + cricoidcartilage
Mention the attachments of the pharynx? 3p t m 3oid
- Medial pterygoid plate
- Pterygoid hamulus
- Pterygomandibular raphe
- Mandible
- Tongue
- Hyoid bone
- Thyroid cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
Nasopharynx borders?
1-Roof/superior= pharyngeal tonsil (adenoid)
2-Lateral walls= tubal elevation (which has tubal tonsil) + tubal opening (opening of auditory tube) + pharyngeal recess (common site for carcinomas)
What makes the tubal opening in the lateral wall of pharynx?
produced by a muscle(salpingopharyngeus) and the medial end of auditory tube.
Common site for carcinomas in the nasopharynx?
Pharyngeal recess
Innervation of nasopharynx and types of epithelium?
Pharyngeal branch of pteryopalatine ganglion
Ciliated columnar to pseudo-stratified (cc ps)
Ooropharynx borders?
Anterior = oral cavity & palatoglossal arch Posterior = c2 c3 vertebra Laterally= tonsillar fossa occupied by palatine tonsil
What makes the tonsillar fossa?
Palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch ( between them palatine tonsil) mood
Innervation of ooropharynx?
Innervated by IX and X CN
9 10
Epithelium of ooropharynx
Lined by stratified squamous non- keratinized epithelium (ss)
Ooropharynx is from soft palate to epiglottis
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Laryngopharynx borders
Anterior = i c aryt ( inlet of larynx - cricoid cartilage - arytnoid cartilage) Posterior = c4 - c6 Lateral = piriform fossa
Epithelium and innervayof layrngopharynx
Ss nk
Innervation 9+10
What can happen in piriform fossa?
Food and bones can get stuck there
What can be injured during the removal of bone pieces from piriform fossa?
Internal Laryngeal n.
Structures of pharynx From inside to outside:
- Mucosa (The inner most layer)
- Submucosa
- Pharyngobasilar fascia (pharyngeal aponeurosis)
- Muscular layers (inner longitudinal and outer circular)
- Buccopharyngeal fascia
(The outer most layer)
Constrictor (circular) muscles of pharynx?
superior, middle and inferior constrictor (the cone )
Inferior constrictor has two parts- thyropharyngeus and cricopharyngeus
Origin and insertion of the circular constrictor muscles in the pharynx?
All of them take origin anteriorly and their fibers course laterally and posteriorly to the midline where they meet each other at the PHARYNGEAL RAPHE