Lecture 9 - The Nose, Sinuses and Muscles of Facial Expressions Flashcards
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The nose: parts
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- external nose
- nasal cavity
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Nasal cavity: borders
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- midline & lateral walls
- roof and floor
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Nasal cavity: functions
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- humidify, warm and filter air
- facilitate drainage of paranasal sinuses
- secrete mucus
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External nose
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- projects outwards allowing air to enter the nasal cavity
- made up of bone and cartilage
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Bones of the skull: two regions
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- neurocranium
- viscerocranium
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Neurocranium bones
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- frontal bone
- cribiform plate
- ethmoid bone
- sphenoid bone
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Viscerocranium bones
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- nasal bone
- vomer bone
- maxillary bone
- inferior nasal concha
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Bones in the nasal cavity
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- frontal bone
- nasal bone
- ethmoid bone
- maxillary bone
- sphenoid bone
- vomer bone
- palatine bone
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Nasal septum:
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- medial wall
- made up of a bony portion and a cartaliaginous portion
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Structures of nasal septum
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- ethmoid bone
- septal cartilage
- vomer bone
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Conchae and meatuses
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- lateral wall
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Nasal conchae
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- superior and middle nasal conchae are processes of the ethmoid bone
- inferior nasal concha is formed by its own cranial bone
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Nasal conchae structures
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- ethmoid bone (middle nasal concha)
- inferior nasal concha
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Nasal conchae and meatuses
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- superior nasal concha/meatus
- middle nasal concha/meatus
- inferior nasal concha/meatus
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Nasal conchae functions
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- humidify air
- filter air
- warm up air
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What is a concha?
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a long, narrow, curled shelf of bone that protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose in humans and various animals
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Nasal cavity borders
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- roof
- floor: palate
- medial wall: nasal septum
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What is a meatus?
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a natural body opening or canal
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Structures of the roof: midsagittal section - medial view
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- cribiform plate
- nasal bone
- frontal bone
- sphenoid bone