Lecture 6 Guttural Pouch and Blood Supply Flashcards
What are the names given to the structures labled 90-94?
(90) : Basihyoid
(91) : Ceratohyoid
(92) : Thyrohyoid
(93) : Epihyoid
(94) : Stylohyoid
Note: in the horse the epihyoid is very small and is usually fused with the stylohyoid
Which of the following hyoid bones is found in the guttural pouch and is responsible for dividing it into a medial and lateral cavity?
Epihyoid
Basihyoid
Stylohyoid
Ceratohyoid
Thyrohyoid
Stylohyoid
Name the structure labeled (90’).
What is the significant difference is there between the horse and the cow for this structure?
It is the lingual process of the basihyoid.
It is very pronounced in the horse but much shorter in the cow.
Name the two muscles highlighted in red and yellow.
Yellow is the cricoarytenoideus dorsalis.
Red is the cricothyroideus.
What is the innervation and action of the cricoarytenoideus dorsalis and the cricothyroideus?
Cricoarytenoideus dorsalis recieves its innervation from the caudal laryngeal nerve and acts to dilate the larynx.
Cricothyroideus muscle recieves its innervation from the cranial laryngeal nerve and acts to tense/relax the vocal cords.
Where would you expect to find the Tympanohyoid?
It articulates with the skull and in the horse is composed of hyaline cartilage.
What are the guttural pouches?
What is there function?
They are diverticula of the auditory tubes.
Function is still not clear but is thought to aid in the cooling of blood going to brain.
Define epistaxis.
What is the clinical significance of epitaxis to horses.
Epistaxis is bleeding from the nose.
Horses will get mycotic infections in the guttural pouch. The bacteria wear away the walls of the internal carotid and cause persistant bleeding.
What is the location of the guttural pouch?
Ventral to the skull and wings of the atlas.
Dorsolateral to the nasopharynx and laryngopharynx.
What is the approximate volume of the guttural pouch and what is it typically filled with?
Volume is between 300-500 ml and is normally filled with air.
What structure is highlighted with the red dotted lines?
The stylohyoid bones
Identify the structure highlighted in blue.
The pharyngeal openings of the auditory tubes.
Identify the structure highlighted in red.
External acoustic meatus
How are the guttural pouches separated from right and left sides.?
Dorsally they are separated by the longus capitus muscle.
Rostral ventral separation is by a thin mucousal membrane.
What is the clinical significance of the rostral ventral mucosal membrane that separates the right and left guttural pouch?
An extremely aggressive infection in one guttural pouch can easily break through this membrane and infect the other pouch.
Identify these structures:
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- ) Maxillary artery
- ) External carotid
- ) Internal carotid
Describe the location of the following structures within the guttural pouch.
- ) Internal carotid
- ) External carotid
- ) Maxillary artery
- ) Maxillary vein
- ) Medial compartment of the guttural pouch.
- ) Mostly in the lateral compartement but also the floor of the medial compartment.
- ) Hard to anatomically differentiate it from the external carotid so could be lateral compartment.
- ) Lateral compartment.
List the cranial nerves associated with the guttural pouch.
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vagus (X)
Accessory (XI)
Hypoglossal (XII)
Facial (VII)
Also the cranial cervical ganglion and the internal carotid nerve
Which cranial nerves come out of the jugular part of the foramen lacerum?
Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vagus (X)
Accessory (XI)
Which foramen does the Facial nerve come out of?
Stylomastoid foramen