Nasal Cavity and Larynx

Question 1

Which bone is found inferior to the vomer?

Answer 1

Palatine bone

Question 2

Which bone is found anterior to the vomer?

Answer 2

Maxillary bone

Question 3

Name the 4 main sinuses of the nasal cavity

Answer 3

Frontal, maxillary, ethmoidal, sphenoid

Question 4

What is another name for the conchae?

Answer 4

Turbinate bones

Question 5

What are the compartments called that the conchae divide the nasal cavity into?

Answer 5

Meati

Question 6

What is another name for the posterior nares?

Answer 6

Choanae

Question 7

What is another name for the nostrils?

Answer 7

Anterior nares

Question 8

What is the cartilage called that forms the hoops of the nostrils?

Answer 8

Alar cartilage

Question 9

Where are the relative positions of the soft and hard palates?

Answer 9

Hard palate anterior, continues to run posteriorly and flops over as soft palate

Question 10

Describe the positions of the thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage, and laryngeal prominence

Answer 10

Thyroid cartilage is larger and superior with laryngeal prominence protruding from it. Cricoid cartilage thinner band found inferior to thyroid cartilage.

Question 11

Where are the arytenoid cartilages?

Answer 11

Posterior aspect of larynx, sit on top of the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage

Question 12

Which muscle attaches to the thyroid and cricoid cartilages? What does this muscle do?

Answer 12

Cricothyroid muscle, pulls cricoid cartilage upwards and arytenoid cartilages backwards (makes vocal folds longer and tighter)