Nasal/Oral Flashcards
Define the nasal vestibule.
Flared portion of the nose containing hair follicles
Define the respiratory region of the nose.
Largest part; contains the conchae
Define the olfactory region of the nose.
Superior portion of nose containing olfactory epithelium
What bones makeup the lateral wall of the nose?
Ant to post:
- Nasal bone
- Maxilla
- Lacrimal bone
- Ethmoid
- Inferior nasal concha
- Palatine bone (perpendicular plate)
- Sphenoid bone (med pterygoid plate)
What bones/cartilages makeup the nasal septum?
- Ethmoid (perpendicular plate; most sup)
- Vomer (inf)
- Cartilaginous septum
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the orbit?
Nasolacrinal duct
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the nasopharynx?
Choana
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the paranasal sinuses?
Meatal openings
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the anterior cranial fossa?
Cribriform plate and foramen cecum
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the pterygopalatine fossa?
Sphenopalatine foramen
How does the nasal cavity communicate with the oral cavity?
Incisive canal
What are the 4 sinuses of the head? (ant to post)
- Frontal (anteriorly, then)
- Ethmoidal (then)
- Sphenoidal (posterior)
- Maxillary (inf to ethmoidal sinus)
What is the name for the space beneath each concha?
Meatus
What 3 main aa supply the nasal cavity?
Ophthalmic, maxillary, facial aa.
Which a. do anterior and posterior ethmoidal aa. branch from?
Ophthalmic a.
Which a. does sphenopalatine a. branch from?
Maxillary a.
Which a. does superior labial a. branch from?
Facial a.
What cranial n. supplies most of the nasal cavity
CN V
V1 and V2
What is the “principal resident” of the pterygopalatine fossa (PPF)?
Pterygopalatine ganglion
What’s running thru the roof of the PPF?
V2 thru foramen rotundum
What’s running thru the lateral wall of the PPF?
Maxillary a. thru pterygomaxillary fissure
What’s running thru the medial wall of the PPF?
Sphenopalatine a., lateral nasal n., nasopalatine n. run thru sphenopalatine foramen