Nasal Cavity Flashcards

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Fxn of nose

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  • Respiration
  • Filtration
  • Olfaction
  • Warms & humidifies
  • Reception & elimination of secretions
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Bones of external nose

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  • Frontal
  • Nasal
  • Maxillae
  • Septum
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Cartilages of nose

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  • Lateral
  • Alar
  • Septal
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Piriform aperture

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Anterior opening of nasal cavity

  • Nasal bones
  • Maxillae
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Roof

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  • Nasal bones
  • Frontal
  • Ethmoid
  • Sphenoid
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Floor

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  • Maxillae

- Palatine

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Lateral wall

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  • Maxilla
  • Lacrimal
  • Ethmoid (superior/inferior conchae)
  • Palatine
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Medial wall/ nasal septum

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  • Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
  • Vomer
  • Palatine
  • Maxillae
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Choanae

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Posterior opening of nasal cavity, opens into nasopharynx

  • Vomer
  • Palatine
  • Sphenoid
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Spaces formed by nasal conchae

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  • Sphenoethmoidal recess (btwn root of nasal cavity & superior conchae)
  • Superior meatus (btwn superior & middle conchae)
  • Middle meatus (btwn middle & inferior conchae)
  • Inferior meatus (btwn inferior conchae & nasal floor)
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Paranasal sinuses

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  • Air filled spaces lined w/ mucous membrane

- Continuous w/ & drain into nasal cavity

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Where do frontal sinuses drain?

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Into semilunar hiatus of the middle meatus via frontonasal duct

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Where do ethmoidal sinuses drain?

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Into middle & superior meatus

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Where do sphenoid sinuses drain?

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Into sphenoethmoidal recess

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Where do maxillary sinuses drain?

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Into semilunar hiatus of middle meatus

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What is the most common infected paranasal sinus?

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Maxillary

  • Due to superior position opening into nasal cavity
  • Can only drain when head is tilted to 1 side
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What provides somatic sensory to anterior septum & lateral wall?

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Branches of ophthalmic (V1)

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What provides somatic sensory to posterior septum & lateral wall?

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Branches of maxillary (V2)

Ex. Nasopalatine n.

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What provides special sensory to nasal mucosa?

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Olfactory via cribriform foramina

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20
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What aa supply the nasal cavity?

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Branches of:

  • Facial
  • Ophthalmic
  • Sphenopalatine
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Where does venous drainage of the nasal cavity occur?

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Through a venous plexus draining into:

  • Facial
  • Ophthalmic
  • Sphenopalatine
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Hard palate

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Forms roof of oral cavity & floor of nasal cavity

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Where does the greater palatine foramina lie?

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Medial to 3rd molars

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Where does the lesser palatine foramina lie?

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Posterior to greater palatine foramina

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Where is the incisive fossa located?

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Midline, posterior to central incisors

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What provides somatic sensory to mucosal lining of hard palate & maxillary gingiva ?

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  1. Nasopalatine nn. (CN V2)
    - Pass through incisive canal & fossa
  2. Greater palatine nn (CN V2)
    - Pass through greater palatine foramina
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What provides somatic sensory to mucosal lining of soft palate?

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Lesser palatine nn (CN V2)

- Pass through lesser palatine foramina

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Depression of soft palate

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Brings it in contact w/ tongue, sealing off oral cavity from nasopharynx

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Elevation of soft palate

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Brings it in contact w/ posterior wall of pharynx, sealing off oral cavity from nasopharynx

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Soft palate is posterior to what?

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The hard palate

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What innervates levator veli palatini? What is the action?

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  • Vagus n

- Elevates soft palate

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What innervates tensor veli palatini? What is the action?

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  • Mandibular n

- Tenses soft palate

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What innervates palatoglossus? What is the action?

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  • Vagus

- Depresses soft palate & elevates tongue

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What innervates palatopharyngeus? What is the action?

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  • Vagus

- Tenses soft palate

35
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Palatine tonsils

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  • Located btwn palatoglossal & palatopharyngeal

- Highly vascular tonsillar bed (surgical concern during tonsillectomy)

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How does the nasopharynx communicate w/ the nasal cavity?

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Via choanae

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Auditory tubes

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  • Connect nasopharynx w/ middle ear
  • Pressure equilibrium
  • Muscles of soft palate help w/ opening tubes during swallowing
38
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What are pharyngeal tonsils called when they are enlarged?

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Adenoids

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Where are pharyngeal tonsils located?

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Supero-posterior to opening of auditory tube

40
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Fxn of ear

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  • Transfers sound wave vibrations to inner ear for perception of sound
  • Detects head position
  • Perceives balance
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External acoustic meatus

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  • Slightly curved canal

- Composed of cartilage (lateral 1/3) & temporal bone (medial 2/3)

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What do sebaceous & ceruminous glands produce?

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Cerumen

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TM

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  • Separates external & middle ears
  • Cone-shaped
  • Articulates w/ malleus
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What provides sensory to external surface of TM?

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Auriculotemporal (CN V3)

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What provides sensory to internal surface of TM?

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Glossopharyngeal

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Middle ear

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  • Air filled space (tympanic cavity, epitympanic cavity) in petrous part of temporal bone
47
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How does the tympanic cavity communicate antero-medially w/ nasopharynx?

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Via auditory tube

- Route for spread of infection –> otitis media

48
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TM also communicates postero-superiorly w/ what?

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Mastoid antrum/ air cells of mastoid process

- Otitis media can spread to mastoid air cells –> mastoiditis

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What innervates the malleus? What is the action?

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  • CN V3

- Reduces movement of malleus & tympanic membrane in presence of loud sounds

50
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What does the malleus articulate with?

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TM & incus

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What innervates the stapedius? What is the action?

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  • CN VII

- Reduces movement of stapes in presence of loud sounds

52
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Facial nerve pathway

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Enters internal acoustic meatus –> facial canal –> Exits stylomastoid foramen & gives off 3 branches

  • Greater petrosal
  • Stapdedius
  • Chorda tympani
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Greater petrosal innervation

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PNS to lacrimal gland & glands of palate & nasal cavity
- Joins deep petrosal & synapses in pterygopalatine ganglion

54
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Stapedius nerve inneration

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Somatic motor to stapedius

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Chorda tympani innervation

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  • Taste (anterior 2/3 of tongue)

- PNS to submandibular & sublingual glands

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Glossopharyngeal n. gives off what branches?

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  • Tympanic

- Leser petrosal

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Tympanic nerve forms what? What does it innervate?

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Tympanic plexus

- Somatic sensory to internal surface of TM

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Lesser petrosal innervation

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Preganglionic PNS to parotid gland

- Synapses at otic ganglion

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Pathway of greater petrosal n.

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Brain –> pterygoid canal –> join deep petrosal n. –> forms n. of pterygoid canal –> pterygopalatine ganglion –> joins CN V1 & V2 –> nasal cavity, palate, & lacrimal gland

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Lesser petrosal pathway

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Brain –> joins CN V3 –> parotid gland

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Where is the inner ear located?

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Within petrous part of temporal bone

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How do vestibule-sound vibrations enter inner ear?

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Via oval window

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Cochlea

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  • Shell shaped, fluid-filled ducts

- Round window on lateral wall

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Special sensory innervation (hearing, balance)

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Vestibulocochlear passes through internal meatus

  • Cochlear n to cochlea (hearing)
  • Vestibular nerve to vestibule & semicircular canals