Oral and Nasal Cavities Flashcards
What are parts of the nasal cavity?
Vestibule
Respiratory Region
Olfactory Region
What is the largest region of the nasal cavity?
Respiratory Region
What makes up the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
Nasal Bone Maxilla Lacrimal Bone Ethmoid Inferior Nasal Concha Perpendicular plate of Palatine Bone Medial Pterygoid Plate of Sphenoid Bone
What makes up the nasal septum (medial wall)?
Ethmoid
Vomer (inferior region of the septum)
Cartilaginous Septum
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the orbit?
Nasolacrimal Duct
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the nasopharynx?
Choanae
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the paranasal sinus?
Meatal Openings
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the anterior cranial fossa?
Cribriform Plate
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the pterygopalatine fossa?
Sphenopalatine Foramen
Through which opening does the nasal cavity communicate with the oral cavity?
Incisive Canal
What are the paranasal sinuses?
Maxillary Sinus
Ethmoidal Sinus
Frontal Sinus
Sphenoidal Sinus
What are nasal meatuses?
They are the corresponding space below each concha
What is the largest of the paranasal sinuses?
Maxillary Sinus
Where does the maxillary sinus drain to and through what opening?
The maxillary sinus drains into the middle meatus by means of the semilunar hiatus.
Where does the ethmoidal sinus drain to and through what opening?
The anterior and middle sinuses drain into the middle meatus, through the semilunar hiatus and the ethmoid bulla, respectively. The posterior sinus drains into the superior meatus.
Where does the frontal sinus drain to and through what opening?
The frontal sinus drains into the middle meatus in a variable manner directly or by a frontonasal duct.
Where does the sphenoidal sinus drain to and through what opening?
The sphenoidal sinus drains into the spheno-ethmoidal recess superior to the superior concha.
What are the three main arteries supplying the nasal cavity?
Opthalmic Artery
Maxillary Artery
Facial Artery
What artery comes down the bridge of the nose?
Anterior Ethmoidal Artery
What is the blood supply of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
Opthalmic Artery - branches of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries
Maxillary Artery - branches of the sphenopalatine artery
Facial Artery - lateral nasal branches
What is the blood supply of the nasal septum?
Opthalmic Artery - branches of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries
Maxillary Artery - branches of the sphenopalatine artery
Facial Artery - septal branch of the superior labial artery
What are the major contents of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pterygopalatine Ganglion
Terminal Third of Maxillary Artery
Maxillary Nerve (CN V-2)
Greater and Deep Petrosal Nerves
What makes up the roof of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Greater Wing of Sphenoid.
The Inferior Orbital Fissure is found here.
What makes up the lateral wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pterygomaxillary Fissure - maxillary artery runs through here and becomes the sphenopalatine artery
What makes up the medial wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Palatine. And the Sphenopalatine Foramen is found there.
What makes up the anterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Posterior of the Maxilla
What makes up the posterior wall of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Pterygoid Process and the Sphenoid. The Foramen Rotundum and Pterygoid Canal are found here.
What makes up the floor of the pterygopalatine fossa?
Maxilla and Sphenoid
The opening is the greater palatine foramen.
What runs through the sphenopalatine foramen?
Sphenopalatine Artery
Lateral Nasal Nerve
Nasopalatine Nerve
What runs through the palatine canals?
The greater and lesser palatine nerves and descending palatine artery run inferiorly from to hard palate through here.
This canal also gives off the pharyngeal nerve, which is sensory for the nasopharynx