Nasal Cavity and Pterygopalatine Fossa Flashcards
Maxillary teeth and _________ share SA sensory innervation.
maxillary sinus
Proximity of _________ and _________ sinuses to optic nerve can put pressure on the nerve during sinusitis and cause optic neuritis (loss of vision)
ethmoid, sphenoid
Inability to look up after a traumatic injury to the face is due to ____________
entrapped inferior rectus muscle
The pterygopalatine fossa is a gap between the _________ and the _________.
viscerocranium, neurocranium
The pterygopalatine fossa has 3 bordering structures:
Maxillary sinus, palatine bone, pterygoid process of sphenoid
The _________ opens posteriorly to the pterygopalatine fossa and conducts the _________
foramen rotundum, maxillary nerve (V1)
Posteriorly to the pterygopalatine fossa is the ___________ which conducts the _______________ (nerve)
pterygoid canal, nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve)
The 4 exits from the pterygopalatine fossa are the:
sphenopalatine foramen, inferior orbital fissure, greater and lesser palatine foramina, pharyngeal canal (to nasopharynx)
The 3 branches of maxillary nerve (CN V2) are: These are all somatic afferent
Nasopalatine nerve (nasal septum & anterior hartd palate) Posterior lateral nasal branches (to lateral nasal wall) Greater and lesser Palatine nerves (hard and soft palate)
The sensory branch of the opthalmic (V1) nerve is:
anterior ethmoidal nerve branches (orbit and anterosuperior nasal cavity)
The 4 SA sensory branches of the maxillary nerve to the nasal cavity are:
nasopalatine nerve, posterior lateral nasal branches, infraorbital nerve, pharyngeal nerve
The nasopalatine nerve is a branch of _____ and is SA to __________
CN V2, nasal septum
The posterior lateral nasal branches are branches of _______ and are SA innervation to _______
CN V2, lateral nasal wall
The infraorbital nerve is a branch of _____ and supplies SA to ______
CN V2, vestibule of nasal cavity
The pharyngeal nerve is a branch of ______ and provides SA to _______
CN V2, nasopharynx
The _______ ganglion is also referred to as the “hay fever” ganglion
pterygopalatine ganglion
The VE parasympathetic fibers that are preganglionic begin in the __________, continue in _______ (nerve), continue as the ________ nerve which runs right by the geniculate ganglion, join with _________ nerve and becomes the __________ (nerve). The postganglionic fibers hitchhike on the ______ nerve.
brainstem (between midbrain and pons), facial nerve, greater petrosal nerve, deep petrosal nerve, nerve of the pterygoid canal, CN V2
3977 COPS
3 —> ciliary ganglion 9 —> otic ganglion 7 —> pterygopalatine 7 —> submandibular
Postganglionic parasympathetic VE fibers from the __________ ganglion innervate the lacrimal gland, oral mucosa, and nasal mucosa
pterygopalatine ganglion
indirect Postganglionic Pterygopalatine branches travel in the _________ nerve, continue in the __________ nerve branch, then the __________ branch, and finally in the _________
Maxillary nerve (V2), zygomatic branch, communicating branch, lacrimal nerve (part of V1)
The lacrimal nerve is a branch of _____
CN V1
Postganglionic sympathetic fibers of the nasal cavity, palate, and nasopharynx begin in the _________ ganglion, course through the _________ , become the _________ nerve, join with the ________ nerve to become the nerve of the pterygoid canal, and then pass through the _______ ganglion without synapsing. Their purpose is primarily __________
superior cervical ganglion, periarterial plexus of the carotid artery, deep petrosal nerve, greater petrosal nerve, pterygopalatine ganglion, vasoconstriction
The ________ nerve exits the foramen lacerum on its way to help form the vidian nerve (nerve of the pterygoid canal)
deep petrosal nerve
Fibers of the olfactory nerve (CN I) have their cell bodies in the __________ and fibers in the _________ (lateral wall and septum)
olfactory epithelium, olfactory mucosa


