LECTURE: Nasal Cavity Flashcards
What forms the bony framework of the nose?
maxillary and nasal bones
What are the cartilages in the nose?
lateral nasal, septal and alar
Bones and cartilage that divide nasal cavity into right and left are collectively known as
nasal septum
What makes up the bony septum?
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone and vomer
What completes the septum anteriorly?
the septal cartilage
Blood supply to the nose comes from what arteries?
facial and ophthalmic arteries
Sensation of the nose is carried by what nerves?
infratrochlear, external nasal and infraorbital nerves (V2)
What part of the nose leads into the nasal cavity?
nostrils (nares)
____ are passageways between the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx.
choanae
Most of the nasal cavity is lined with what type of cell?
respiratory epithelium with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
The vestibule is located ______ line with skin.
inside the nose
The olfactory epithelium is located where in the nasal cavity?
roof
Nasal cavity has openings for what?
paranasal sinuses and nasolacrimal duct.
What are the paranasal sinuses? (4)
- maxillary sinus
- frontal sinus
- ethmoid air cells
- sphenoid sinus
Which paranasal sinus opens into the middle meatus and forms the floor of the orbit?
maxillary sinus
Which paranasal sinus opens into the middle meatus and is asymmetrical?
frontal sinus
Which paranasal sinus usually from 3-18 in number, and drain into semilunar hiatus, with middle group onto surface of ethmoid bull and posterior group into superior meatus?
ethmoid air cells
Which paranasal sinus can allow infection to migrate into the orbit?
ethmoid air cells
Which paranasal sinus is in the body of the sphenoid bone, under the floor of the hypophyseal fossa?
sphenoid sinus
What are the important structures in the vicinity of the sphenoid sinus?
- optic nerve
- pituitary gland
- cavernous sinus
- internal carotid arteries
Each of these sinus is innervated by?
The lateral walls of the nasal cavity are irregular due to the
conchae
What adds to the surface area for the mucosa in the nasal cavity?
conchae in the lateral walls
The bones of the superior and middle conchae are parts of what bone?
ethmoid bone
Conchae are also referred to as what?
turbinates
____ are grooves under the conchae.
meatuses