PHARYN LARYNX Flashcards
Origin: lower part of the auditory tube
Salpingopharyngeus muscle
Fibromuscular tube at the lower border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE
Pharynx
Upper epithelium of the mucous membrane of the pharynx
Ciliated columnar epithelium
Lower epithelium of the mucous membrane of the pharynx
Stratified squamous epithelium
3 CONSTRICTOR muscles of the pharynx
Superior
Middle
Inferior pharyngeal contrictors
Nerve supply of superior constrictor muscle
Pharyngeal plexus
Origin of middle contrictor muscles
Stylohyoid ligament
Lesser and greater cornua of hyoid
Action of superior constrictor muscle
Contract and pull post pharyngeal wall forward during swallowing
Aid soft palate in closing nasopharynx
Action of middle constrictor muscle
Propels food bolus down into esophagus
Origin of inferior constrictor muscles
Thyroid cart
Cricoid cart
Action of inferior constrictor muscle
Propel food bolus into esophagus
Action of CRICOPHARYNGEAL MUSCLE
Sphincter effect
Insertion of stylopharyngeus muscle
SCM and MCM
Nerve supply of pharynx
CN 9, 10
Part of the nasopharynx with a posterior wall: atlast
Nasopharynx