Nose Flashcards
Pyramidal structure of bone + cartilage + nasal cavities
Nose
Divides nasal cavity into 2 separate areas
Midline nasal septum
Open ant via ____ post via ____
Nares
Choanae
Nasal roof
Arch like
Nasal cartilage + nasal bones (ant)
Cribriform plate of ethmoid (mid)
Sphenoid + clivis (occipital bones) (post)
Nasal floor
Horizontal plate of palatine bone
Palatine process of maxilla
Nasal medial wall
Nasal septum (cartilage + ethmoid/vomer)
Nasal Lateral wall
Bony framework (ethmoid/maxilla/palatine bone)
Bony conchae (sup,mid,inf)
Nose lined by _____
Mucoperiosteum (highly vascular)
Sinuses drain into ____
The nose interior via numerous openings
Sphenoidal sinus drains into ___
Sphenoethmoidal recess which lies above the superior conchae
Posterior ethmoidal air cells drains into ___
Superior meatus that lies below the superior conchae
Bellow each conchae lie
1- ___ draining ____
2- ___ draining ____
Middle meatus
Ethmoidal+maxillary + frontal sinuses
Inferior meatus
Nasolacrimal duct + tears from eye
Nasal arterial supply
Opthalmic (ant,post,ethmoid branches) + maxillary (sphenopalatine branch)
Nasal Venous drainage
Facial vein into internal jugular
Nasal nerve supply
Olfactory (1) olphactory zone
Trigeminal (v1,v2) + multiple sensory branches to entire nose