Odontogenic Dz of Mx sinus Flashcards
What are the four pair of paranasal sinuses?
- Maxillary
- Frontal
- Ethmoidal
- Sphenoidal
Into what nasal meatus does the maxillary sinus drain?
Middle meatus
What shape does the maxillary sinus make at birth vs. in adulthood?
Tubular at birth
Pyramidal as an adult
What is the posterior/apex border of the maxillary sinus?
zygomatic process of maxilla
What is the anterior border of the maxillary sinus?
Nasal surface of maxilla
What is the superior border of the maxillary sinus?
orbital surface of the maxilla
What is the inferior border of the maxillary sinus?
alveolar process of maxilla
What four arteries supply the maxillary sinus?
Facial, maxillary, infra-orbital, and greater palatine
What is the venous drainage of the maxilla?
Anteriorly = sphenopalatine vein
Posteriorly = pterygoid veins
(plexus is posterior and communicates with cavernous sinus)
What nerves innervate the maxilla?
ASA, MSA, PSA, infra-orbital, and greater palatine
What kind of epithelium surrounds the space of the maxillary sinus?
ciliated columnar
Which of these are functions of the mx sinus?
a. warming inspired air
b. resonance of voice
c. produce bacterial lysozyme
d. store mucus
a. warming inspired air
b. resonance of voice
c. produce bacterial lysozyme
What are some techniques to examine the mx sinus?
palpation, percussion, and transillumination, x-ray, CT, ultrasound
Agenesis, aplasia/hypoplasia, and supernumery mx sinuses all constitute what kind of pathologies?
Developmental anomalies
When the inflammation develops in the sinus either due to infection or allergy it is termed ________.
sinusitis