nasal anatomy Flashcards
nasal cavity: roof, floor, septum, lateral,
roof: cribriform path, floor: hard plate, septum : ethmoid, vomer, maxilla, palentine, lateral: conchae, maxilla, palatine, lacrimal
nasal cavity blood supply
opthalmic» anterior ethmoidal»_space; anterior septal and lateral nasal (internal)
facial> alar, maxillary» spehnopalantine, greater Palestine (external)
keiselbach
anastomosis, alar and anterior septal (perforation)
innervation (general sensory and motor)
V1 (ant,. ethmoidal), v3 (palatines)
autonomic pregang para
greater petrosal n
autonomic postgang sympa
deep petrosal
what drains to middle sinus?
frontal, anterior, maxillary
what drains to spenhoethmoidal recess?
sphenoid
what space touches floor of pituitary
floor of pituitary
what drains int inferior meatus
nasolacrimal
functions of sinuses
decrease weight of skull, increase voice resonance, buffer for facial trauma, humidify air
what sinus infection location raises concern for ophthalmic nerve spread
sphenoid