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Neck and oral cavity Flashcards

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Oral cavity

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Located inferior to the nasal cavities and is continuous with both nasa cavities superiorly and pharynx inferiorly

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Outer oral vesitbule

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Includes lips and cheeks

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Inner oral cavity

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Enclosed by teeth

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Roof of oral cavity

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Hard and soft palate

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Arches of oral cavity

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Created by muscles of soft palate

Palatoglossal arch

Palaropharyngeal arach- ulva

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Floor of oral cavity

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Formed by muscles (mylohyoid and geniohyoid) and tongue

Contains submandibular and sublingual galnds

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Tongue

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Divided into anterior two thirds (oral) and posterior third (pharyngeal)

Papillae cover tongue

Undersurface contains medial fold

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Muscles of the tongue

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Divided into left and right halves

All muscles are paired

Intrinsic and extrinsic

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Intrinsic tongue muscles

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Longitudinal, transverse and ventricle create precision movements for speech, eating and swallowing

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Extrinsic tongue muscles

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Genioglossus- depresses and protrudes tongue

Hyoglossus- depresses tongue

Styloglossus- retract tongue

Palatoglossus- elevates back of tongue and depresses soft palate

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Blood supply of tongue

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Lingual arteries and drained to lingual veins

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Tongue innervation: anterior 2/3

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Taste
- special affereent facial CN7 via chorda tympani via lingual nerve (V3)

Sensation
- general sensation lingual nerve (V3)

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Tongue innervation: posterior 1/3

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Taste
- special afferent glossopharyngeal (CN9)

Sensation
- general sensation glossopharyngeal (CN9)

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Motor innervation to whole tongue

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Hypoglossal nerve (CN12) except platoglossus CN10

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Cranial nerve 9

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Glossopharyngeal

Type: sensory, special sensory, motor and visceral

Exit: jugular forament

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Cranial nerve 9 innervation

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Sensory: posterior 1/3 tongue, oropharynx

Taste: posterior 1/3 tongue

Motor: stylopharyngeus

Visceral to parotid gland to stimulate secretion to aid digestion

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Cranial nerve 12

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Hypoglossal

Type: motor to intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue

Exit: hypoglossal canal

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Larynx function

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Provides protective sphincter for air passage and produces phonation

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Framework of larynx

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Cartilages: thyroid, cricoid, arytenoid, cuneiform, corniculate and epiglottis

Contains ligaments

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Nerve supply to larynx

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Sensory and motor from the vagus via superior laryngeal branch and recurrent laryngeal branch

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Blood supply to larynx

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Upper half by superior thyroid artery and lower half by inferior thyroid artery

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Pharynx

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Most posterior part of neck

Funnel shaped tube with three sections

  • nasopharynx
  • laryngopharynx
  • oropharynx
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Muscles of pharynx

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Consist of three constrictors (superior, middle and inferior)

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Nerve supply to pharynx

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Motor via vagus, except stylopharynx is CN9

Sensory via V2, CN9, CN10

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Cranial nerve 10

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Vagus

Type: sensory, taste, visceral sensory, motor and visceral motor

Path: rootlets from medulla, through jugular foramen continues in carotid sheath, branches into head and thorax

Exit: jugular foramen

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Cranial nerve 10 innervation

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Sensory: from larynx, dura mater

Tase: epiglottis and pharynx

Visceral sensory: aortic bodies, aortic arch chemoreceptors, bronchi, heart, lungs, midgut and foregut

Motor: palatoglossus, muscles of pharynx and larynx

Visceral motor: as part of PS to smooth muscle in glands in pharynx, larynx, thoracic viscera, foregut and midgut

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Neck

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Transition area between base of cranium superiorly and thoracic cage inferiorly

Major conduit for structures passing between the head and thorax

Supported posteriorly by 7 cervical vertebrae

Contains mobile hyoid bone

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Fascia

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Three important layers

  • pretracheal fascia
  • prevertebral fascia
  • onvesting fascia

Important as reduces spread of infection

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Submandibular triangle bound by

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Anterior and posterior bellies of digastric

Contains: submandibular gland, facial artery and vein

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Submental triangle bounded by

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Digastric

Contains lymph nodes

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Muscular triangle bounded by

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Omohyoid, SCM

Contains supra and infra hyoid muscles

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Carotid triangle bounded by

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Omohyoid, stylohyoid, digastric, SCM

Contains: common carotid artery, IJV, hypoglossal nerve, vagus nerve, accessory nerve

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Suprahyoid muscles

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Stylohyoid, digastric, mylohyoid and geniohyoid

Innervation: facial nerve for stylohyoid and posterior belly of digastric, mylohyoid by CN 5 and geniohyoid by CN12

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Infrahyoid muscles

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Omohyoid, sternohyoid, thyrohyoid and sternothyroid

Innervation: C1 and C3 of ansa cervicallis

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Posterior triangle contains

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Subclavian artery

EJV

Branchial plexus

CN 11

Cervical plexus

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Occipital triangle bounded by

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SCM

Trapezius

Omohyoid

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Supraclavicular triangle bounded by

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Clavicular head of SCM

Clavicle

Omohyoid

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Arterial supply

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Brachiocephalic

Common carotid

Internal and external carotids

External carotid and 6 branches to supply the neck and head

Superior thyroid, ascending pharyngeal, lingual, facial, maxillary, superficial

Subclavian arteries- inferior thyroid

Internal carotid- no branches until inside skull

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Venous drainage

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The IJV drains the brain, face, cervical viscera and neck muscles

External jugular vein

Anterior jugular vein

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Cranial nerve 11

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Accessory nerve

Type: motor to sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

Exit: jugular foramen

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Cranial nerve 8

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Vestibulocochlear nerve

Type: sensory, special somatic afferent for hearing, equilibrium adn motion

Path: divides into vestibular and cochlear nerves

Exit: internal acoustic meatus

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