NOSE, EYES, EARS, INFRATEMPORAL MOUTH (2018) Flashcards
Paranasal sinuses function:
Voice resonance
*The paranasal sinuses function to decrease the weight of the skull (by approx. a 7% to 20% factor) and give resonance to the voice.
TRUE or FALSE: Olfactory nerve that reaches middle concha
False
*It is situated in the upper part of the nasal cavity above the level of the superior concha.
TRUE or FALSE: Kiesselbach area has a part of Internal Carotid artery
TRUE
Zygomatic nerve enters the orbit through
Inferior orbital fissure
*It ransmits the maxillary nerve and its infraorbital and zygomatic branches, the inferior opthalmic vein and sympathetic nerves.
Semicircular canals horizontal to cochlea:
Lateral semicircular canal
- The SUPERIOR semicircular canal - vertical and placed at right angles to the long axis of the petrous bone.
- The POSTERIOR canal - also vertical but is placed parallel with the long axis of the petrous bone.
- The LATERAL canal - set in a horizontal position and it lies in the medial wall of the aditus to the mastoid antrum above the facial nerve canal.
Divides submandibular gland into superficial into superficial and deep parts
Mylohyoid
Passes together with optic nerve through the optic canal
optic artery
Overly tight orbicularis oris
Underbite deformity
Where palatine tonsils are found:
Oropharyngeal isthmus
Sulcus terminalis meet at?
Foramen cecum
Ortho keratinized
Hard palate
No taste buds
Filiform papillae
Parotid duct opens in the oral cavity through the
Upper 2nd molar tooth
Tympanic membrane external view:
Concave
*Normally, the tympanic membrane is pearly gray and concave.
Only muscle NOT innervated by hypoglossal nerve
Palatoglossal