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LAB Pharnyx Flashcards

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What innervates all of the pharynx muscles except the stylopharyngeus?

A

The vagus nerve

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What muscle of the pharynx does the Glossopharyngeal (IX) nerve supply?

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The stylopharyngeus

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Where does the hypoglossal nerve exit the cranium and what does it innervate?

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Exits through the hypoglossal canal and innervates the tongues

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What does the sympathetic trunk carry and where do those neurons terminate?

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Carries preganglionic neurons that terminate in the superior cervical ganglion.

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What is the pharyngeal plexus and where is it located?

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Formed by branches of IX and X

Found on the back of the pharynx

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What structures pass through the jugular foramen?

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The accessory nerve
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus nerve
Inferior petrosal sinus

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What fascia is the sympathetic trunk found?

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The prevertebral fascia

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What supplies sensory information to much of the pharynx?

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Glossopharyngeal nerve

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What CNs are involved in the gag reflex and what limbs?

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Afferent limb - CN IX

Efferent limb - CN X

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Where do all the pharyngeal constrictor muscles insert?

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Into a midline median raphe

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What is the lowest part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor called?

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The cricopharngeus

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What muscle is continuous with the buccinator and what divides the two?

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The superior pharyngeal constrictor

Connected to the pterygomandibular raphe

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Where does the stylopharyngeus take origin and what does it pass through to insert in the pharyngeal wall?

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Takes origin on the styloid process

Passes between the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictors

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What are the three pharynxes from rostal to caudal?

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Nasopharynx - top of the brain to the soft palate
Oropharynx - soft palate to larynx
Laryngopharynx - larynx to the beginning of the esophagus

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What fossa is located in the laryngopharynx?

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The piriform fossa

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What nerve perforated the thyrohyoid membrane to innervate the laryngeal mucosa above the vocal cords?

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The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve

Sensory

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Q

What recess is found in the nasopharynx?

A

The pharyngeal recess with the pharyngeal tonsils

17
Q

Where does the auditory tube open?

A

In the nasopharynx

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Q

What is formed by cartilage of the auditory tube and the salpingopharyngeal muscle?

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The tubal elevation or torus tubarius

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What is the fold of mucosa that overlies the cartilaginous part of the auditory tube and the salpingopharyngeus muscle?

A

The salpingopharyngeus fold

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What muscle originates from the cartilaginous tissue of the auditory tube, extends to the soft palate, and serves to elevate the palate during swallowing?

A

The levator veli palantini muscle

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What is the levator veli palatini innervated by?

A

The vagus nerve

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Where does the tensor veli palantini take origin and what does it do?

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Takes origin on the pterygoid fossa between the medial and lateral pterygoid plates

Serves to tense the soft palate and open the auditory tube

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What is the tensor veli palantini innervated by?

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The mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (V3)

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What arch extends from the soft palate and goes to the lateral wall of the pharynx?

A

The palatopharyngeal arch

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What arch extends from the soft palate to the tongue?

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The palatoglossal arch

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What innervates the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal muscles?

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The vagus nerve

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Where do the motor neurons of the Glossopharyngeal nerve have their origin?

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The nucleus ambiguus

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Where to the pre ganglionic neurons of the Glossopharyngeal nerve synapse?

A

The ganglia of the Glossopharyngeal nerve

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The Glossopharyngeal nerve is associated with which pharyngeal arch?

A

The 3rd

30
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What is the function of the vagus nerve?

A

Motor to the pharynx/larynx

Sensory (taste)

Sensory to the laryngeal region

31
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What pharyngeal arches is the vagus nerve associated with?

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The 4th and 6th

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