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Nasal Flashcards

1
Q

The correct term for nasal cavity is what?

A

Piriform aperture

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2
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What is the bony rim of the nasal cavity called?

A

Piriform aperture

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3
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What are the 2 bones that make up the piriform aperture?

A

Nasal bones (superiorly) and maxillae

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4
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The maxillae of the piriform aperture make up what part?

A

Lateral and inferior walls

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5
Q

what bone breaks more than any bone on your face?

A

Nasal bone

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6
Q

What makes up the nasal septum?

A

Ethmoid, Vomer, Nasal Septum cartilage

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7
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The Ethmoid of the nasal septum is placed where?

A

Anterior and superior

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8
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The vomer of the nasal septum is placed where?

A

Posterior and superior

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9
Q

Nasal Conchae are ________?

A

projections

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10
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What 2 projections of the nasal conchae are visible from the anterior?

A

inferior and middle pairs

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11
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What 2 projections are of the ethmoid of the nasal conchae?

A

Middle and superior pairs

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12
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What pair of the nasal conchae are individual bones?

A

Inferior pair

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13
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What are the projections used for?

A

To increase the surface cavity so it can filter the air you breath

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14
Q

List the projections of the nasal conchae from largest to smallest?

A

Inferior, middle, superior, supreme

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15
Q

What are sinuses?

A

Air filled cavities

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16
Q

What are the 4 major paranasal sinuses

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Frontal, ethmoid, spheniod, maxillary

17
Q

What cavity lightens the skull for us and adds resedence to the voice

A

Sinus cavities

18
Q

What is the deepest sinus?

A

Sphenoid

19
Q

Where is he frontal sinus cavity located?

A

Frontal bone, superior and medial to orbits

20
Q

What sinus cavity is most commonly infected?

A

Maxillary

21
Q

Where is the spheniod cavity located?

A

Sphenoid bone, posterior to the eye and superior to nasal cavity

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