Oral Cavity Flashcards
which lingual veins can you see when you flip over tongue: deep lingual vein or dorsal lingual veins?
Deep!
what is the clinical significance of the tubal tonsils?
spread of infections from the phayngeal tonsils to the tubal tonsils can close the auditory tube and enter the middle ear cavity otis media) to cause hearing loss
What are the tissue layers of the pharynx (from superficial to deep)?
- Mucosa 2. Pharyngeal fascia 3. Muscular layer 4. Buccopharyngeal fascia
what forms the lateral rim of the epiglottis?
aryepiglottic fold
what nerves provide general or special sensations to the tongue? (ant + post)
ant 1/3: special = chorda tympanii (7) ant 1/3 general = lingual nerve (V3) post 1/3 special = glossopharyngeal (9) post 1/3 general = glossopharngeal (9) + internal laryngeal (10)
what do the deep lingual veins drain into?
lingual vein, which empties into facial or internal ljugular veins
what bones make up the hard palate?
maxilla + palatine bones
what does the buccopharyngeal fascia contain?
pharyngeal plexus of IX and X
what is at risk if something (ie: fish bone) penetrates the piriform recess?
internal laryngeal nerve of Vagus (gives sensory to the laryngopharynx)
what are the parts/divisions of the larynx?
- Nasopharynx 2. Oropharynx 3. Laryngopharynx
Where is the retropharyngeal space? What is its clinical significance?
location: between buccopharyngeal and preVERTEBRAL (potential space) Clinical: infection prone; may produce swellings that interfere with speaking and swallowing and can also spread the infection to the superior mediastinum (in thorax)
where is the greater palatine foramen located?
medial to the 3rd molar
what happens if food gets lodged in the piriform recess?
sensory fibers of X give feeling that “something is caught in the throat”.. NOT choking
what supplies general + special sensory to the posterior 1/3 of the tongue? aka pharyngeal tongue?
CN IX (+ spot of internal laryngeal nerve from X)
What function does the salpingopharyngeus muscle have during swallowing
elevates the pharynx (like all of the internal muscles of the pharynx) ALSO: opens the pharyngeal orifice of the AUDITORY TUBE during swallowing
what does CN IX innervate (sensory) in the oral cavity?
posterior 1/3 of tongue and pharyngeal wall (general and special sensory)… eliciting gag reflex
what is the pharyngeal recess? where is it located?
a lateral slit-like recess posterior to salpingopharyngeal fold
what is the function of the oral cavity?
passageway from external environment to the respiratory and digestive systems;
How does the soft palate connect to the tongue?
via palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches (laterallY)
what forms the palatophayngeus arch?
palatopharyngeus muscle
where are the tubal tonsils locate?
in the submucousa posterior to the auditory orifice
what houses the palatine tonsils?
the tonsilar bed
what are the muscles of the soft palate?
(soft tongue licks penis/pussy muscles) T: Tensor Veli Palatini L: Levator Veli Palatini P: Palatoglossus P:Palatopharyngeus M: Muscular Uvulae
what is most at risk during a tonsilectomy?
CN IX (present in the tonsilar bed).. has potential to lose sensory information to posterior tongue and oropharynx ipsilateral to the injury
Where is the nasopharynx located? What is nerve primarily innervates its structures?
location: posterior to nasal cavity, superior to soft palate Innervation: V2 (sensory)
what is the palatine aponeurosis? what does it function as?
expanded tendon of the TENSOR VELI PALATINI; functions as the attachment for all soft palate muscles
what is the function of palatine glands? where are they located?
secrete mucous directly into the oral cavity; located deep to the mucosa that covers the periosteum that covers the hard palate
what is the function/innervation of levatory veli palatini?
elevates soft palate; X
where is the soft palate located during rest vs. during swallowing?
during rest: hangs into pharynx during swallowing: moves against the pharynx THUS PREVENTING FOOD REGURGITATION INTO NASAL CAVITY
where does the middle constrictor originate?
from hyoid bone
where does the inferior constrictor originate?
thyroid and cricoid cartilages
what runs above the superior constrictor muscle?
auditory tube comes in, and levator/tensor veli palatini muscles
what is located deep to the tonsilar bed fascia?
palatopharyngeous and superior constrictor muscles; external palatine vein, CN IX
what passes between mylohoid and hyoglossus muscles?
From superficial to deep: sublingual gland, submandibular duct, lingual nerve, and the hypoglossal nerve
what is the function of the pharynx?
fibromuscular tube connecting the oral cavity with the rest of the digestive system and connects nasal cavity with respiratory system; -transports air into the larynx and food into the esophagus
what is the path of the greater palatine artery?
goes through the greater palatine foramen and supplies the hard palate, then it goes out through the incisive foramen and anastomoses with the sphenopalatine artery as a part of kiesselbach’s area.. (epitaxis potential)