Nose and Paranasal Sinuses

Question 1

External nose is made of (be specific)

Answer 1

Cartilage
Lateral nasal cartilages
greater alar cartilages
Other cartilages

Question 2

Bony portion of bone made of

Answer 2

Nasal bones

Processes of frontal and maxillae

Question 3

Nasal cavities communicate with enviornment via

Answer 3

External nare

Question 4

Spetum of nose made of

Answer 4

Septal cartilage
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
Vomer

Question 5

Sensory innervation to nasal septum and lateral wall

Answer 5

Opthalmic
Olfactory
Maxillary

Question 6

Innervation to anterior nasal cavity

Answer 6

Nasociliary branch of ophthalmic nerve

Question 7

Maxillary branch innervation of nasal…path it takes

Answer 7

Becomes nasalpalatine nerve

Travels through foramen rotundum through pterygopalatine ganglion

Question 8

Roof of nasal cavity

Answer 8

Nasal bone, frontal bone, ethmoid bone, sphenoid bone

Question 9

Cribiform plate allows

Answer 9

Passes of olfactory axons to reach olfactory bulb in the cranial cavity

Question 10

Floor of nasal cavity formed by

Answer 10

Palatine process of maxilla

Horizontal plate of palatine bone

Question 11

Bones of floor of nasal cavity also form

Answer 11

Hard palate

Question 12

Inferior meatus

Answer 12

Drainage from nasolacrimal duct that channels tears from conjuctival sac to nasal cavity

Question 13

Sinuses entering middle meatus

Answer 13

Frontal
Maxillary
Anterior ethmoid cells

Question 14

Ethmoidal bullae

Answer 14

Protusion of ethmoid air cells that distorts opening of paranasal sinuses into middle meatus

Question 15

Hiatus semilunaris

Answer 15

Crack through which ethmoidal bullae drain

Question 16

Superior meatus receives drainage from

Answer 16

Posterior group of ethmoid air cells

Question 17

Sphenoethmoidal recess is found, drainge of, and what is located there

Answer 17

Superior to superior concha
Sphenoid sinus
Location of CN1

Question 18

Why have paranasal sinuses?

Answer 18

Increase SA
Lighten skull
Resonance for voice

Question 19

Nasolacrimal duct mechanism

Answer 19

Tears sweep from superior-lateral and received by puncta…tears then enter lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct…these pass into inferior meatus and swept to pharynx

Question 20

Filia olfactoria

Answer 20

Pass from nasal mucosa through cribiform plate of ethmoid

Question 21

Shearing of filia olfactoria results in

Answer 21

Leaking of CSF

Question 22

Superior alveolar nerve passes through

Answer 22

Maxillary sinus

Question 23

Sinus infection of maxillary sinus can result in

Answer 23

Pain to superior teeth