Nasopharynx Flashcards
What is chonae?
Opening at back of mouth
What can a deviated septum increase?
liklihood of snoring
what are chonchae?
Shelves in nose area
What are the 4 air chambers?
Spheno-ethmoid
Sup, mid and inf meatus
What make up the external nose?
nasal process of frontal bone
Nasal bones
Frontal process of maxilla
What make up the nasal septum?
ethmoid
vomer
nasal crest of maxilla and palantine
What 2 conchae are part of the ethmoid bone?
superior and middle
Which bone makes up posterior aspect of nasal cavity?
Sphenoid
GSA of basal cavity?
CN V , 2
Which CN innervates parayympathetic division of nasal cavity?
CN VII
Describe pathways at pterygopalantine ganglion
CN VII will innervate nasal glands and also travel up to lacrimal glands
Which artery vascularises the nasal region?
maxillar A.a (from External carotid)
Bification site of common carotid?
C5
2 veins of nasal region and where they drain?
facial and mxillary. cavernous and peterygoid sinus
pterygoid meaning
wing shpaed, sphenoid ios near nose