Lecture 17 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two sections of the supraglottic airway?

A

1) respiratory tract

2) alimentary tract

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2
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What are the biological functions of the respiratory tract

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Filters, warms, and moistens incoming air

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What are the biological functions of the alimentary tract?

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Provide nourishment: chewing/mastication and swallowing/degluttition

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4
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What is dysphagia?

A

Problems with swallowing

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5
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What is odyhophagia?

A

Pain during swallowing

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6
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What are the 2 speech functions of the supraglottic airway?

A

1) resonance

2) articulation

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7
Q

What are the 5 vocal tract cavities?

A

1) pharyngeal cavity
2) oral cavity
3) nasal cavities
4) paranasal sinuses
5) buccal cavity

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8
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What is the largest vocal tract cavity?

A

Pharyngeal cavity

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9
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Where is the pharyngeal cavity located?

A

Back of the throat

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10
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Where is the oral cavity located?

A

Mouth

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11
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Where are the nasal cavities located?

A

Nose

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12
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Where are the paranasal sinuses located?

A

In the skull (empty spaces)

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13
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Where is the buccal cavity located?

A

Between cheek/lips and teeth/gums

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14
Q

What are the 3 sections of the pharyngeal cavity?

A

1) laryngopharynx
2) oropharynx
3) nasopharynx

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15
Q

What are the boundaries of the laryngopharynx?

A

Larynx to hyoid bone

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16
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What are the boundaries of the oropharynx?

A

Hyoid to soft palate

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17
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What are the boundaries of the nasopharynx?

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Soft palate/velum to base of the skull

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18
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What are 4 major structures of the pharyngeal cavity?

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1) Eustachian tube
2) pharyngeal recess
3) torus tubarius
4) salingophraryngeal fold

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19
Q

The pharyngeal cavity is bounded posteriorly by the ________ ________

A

Cervical vertebrae

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20
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What is the function of the pharyngeal cavity?

A

Changes shape/size during speech

21
Q

What parts of the pharyngeal cavity constricts for high vowel and for low vowels?

A

High vowels = upper levels

Low vowels = lower levels

22
Q

What is the torus tubarius?

A

Ring of cartilage that surrounds the opening to the Eustachian tube

23
Q

Where is the opening of the Eustachian tube?

A

At the torus tubarius

24
Q

Where does the Eustachian tube run to and from?

A

From the nasopharynx to the middle ear cavity

25
Q

What is another name of the pharyngeal recess?

A

Fossa of rosenmuller

26
Q

What is the pharyngeal recess?

A

Deep recess/grove behind the torus tubarius

27
Q

What is the salpingopharyngeal fold?

A

Fold of tissue that extends inferiorly belong the torus tubarius

28
Q

The torus tubarius is continuous with the _____________ ____

A

Salpingopharyngeal fold

29
Q

Behind the torus tubarius is the _________ _____

A

Pharyngeal recess

30
Q

What are the 5 main structures/structure pairs of the oral cavity?

A

1) hard palate
2) soft palate
3) anterior faucial pillar and palatoglossus
4) posterior faucial pillar and pallatopharyngus
5) faucial isthmus and palatine tonsils

31
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What are the two structures on the hard palate?

A

1) rugae

2) median raphe

32
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What are the two structures on the soft palate

A

1) velum

2) uvula

33
Q

What is the function of the oral cavity?

A

Changes considerably during speech and is very important for it

34
Q

What is the structure that starts at the uvula/velum and runs anteriorly and inferiorly to the tongue?

A

Anterior faucial pillar

35
Q

What is the structure that starts at the soft palate and rinds down to the pharynx?

A

Posterior faucial pillar

36
Q

Which muscle runs within the anterior faucial pillar?

A

Palatoglossis

37
Q

Which muscle runes within the posterior faucial pillar?

A

Palatopharyngus

38
Q

What is the space between the faucial pillars called?

A

Faucial isthmus

39
Q

Where are the palatine tonsils located?

A

Faucial isthmus

40
Q

What are the 4 major structures of the nasal cavity?

A

1) choanae
2) chonchae/turbinates (and their meatuses)
3) midline nasal septum
4) mucosa

41
Q

What is the choanae?

A

The entrance to the pharynx from the nasal cavity

42
Q

What are the three nasal conchae?

A

1) superior
2) middle
3) inferior

43
Q

What is mucosa?

A

Mucous membrane that covers structures in the nasal cavities

44
Q

What is the function of the nasal cavities?

A

Transmits energy during nasal speech sounds

45
Q

What are the 4 paranasal sinuses?

A

1) maxillary sinus
2) sphenoidal sinus
3) ethmoidal sinus
4) frontal sinus

46
Q

What are the 2 functions of the paranasal sinuses?

A

1) communicate with nasal sinuses

2) can influence speech sounds through resonance

47
Q

What is the largest paranasal sinus?

A

Maxillary sinus

48
Q

What is the buccal cavity?

A

The small space between lips/cheeks and gums/teeth