LAB Nose And Palate Flashcards
Where is the exit of the maxillary sinus?
Right below the middle nasal concha
Why is the sphenopalantine foramen important?
The sphenopalantine artery with is the terminal branch of the maxillary artery
What is the choanae?
Opening from the pharynx into the nasal cavity
Where is the sphenoethmoidal recess?
Right by the opening to the sphenoid sinus
What duct runs underneath the middle conchae?
The frontonasal duct in the hiatus semilunaris
What is the ethmodial bulla?
The blister of the ethmodial sinus
Behind the middle nasal conchae
What structures are located in the top and bottom part of the hiatus semilunaris?
Top - frontonasal duct
Bottom - maxillary sinus opening
Where is the nasolacrimal duct?
Behind the inferior nasal conchae
Reason why your nose runs when you cry
What ganglion is found in the pterygomaxillary fossa in the pterygopalatine foreman?
The pterygopalatine ganglion
A motor ganglion of the facial nerve
Kinda off V2
Postganglionic cell bodies
What comes off of the pterygopalatine ganglion?
The greater and lesser palatine nerves below
And the nerve of the pterygoid canal heading posteriorly
Where is the greater palatine foramen?
In the hard palate
Where is the greater palatine canal?
By the middle nasal conchae
What are the nasal cavity and hard palate supplied by (nerve)?
Maxillary division of the trigeminal
Where are the preganglionic nerves of the pterygoid canal?
It is the parasympathetic part of CN VII
In the pterygopalatine ganglion
Fibers go with every nerve out
What are the other sensory nerves of the nasal cavity?
Anterior and posterior ethmodial
Of V1
What nerve senses hot stuff in the mouth?
The nasopalatine nerve going through the incisive canal