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PHARYN LARYNX Flashcards

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Origin: lower part of the auditory tube

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Salpingopharyngeus muscle

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Fibromuscular tube at the lower border of the CRICOID CARTILAGE

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Pharynx

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Upper epithelium of the mucous membrane of the pharynx

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Ciliated columnar epithelium

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Lower epithelium of the mucous membrane of the pharynx

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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3 CONSTRICTOR muscles of the pharynx

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Superior
Middle
Inferior pharyngeal contrictors

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Nerve supply of superior constrictor muscle

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Pharyngeal plexus

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Origin of middle contrictor muscles

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Stylohyoid ligament

Lesser and greater cornua of hyoid

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Action of superior constrictor muscle

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Contract and pull post pharyngeal wall forward during swallowing
Aid soft palate in closing nasopharynx

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Action of middle constrictor muscle

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Propels food bolus down into esophagus

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Origin of inferior constrictor muscles

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Thyroid cart

Cricoid cart

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Action of inferior constrictor muscle

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Propel food bolus into esophagus

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Action of CRICOPHARYNGEAL MUSCLE

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Sphincter effect

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Insertion of stylopharyngeus muscle

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SCM and MCM

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Nerve supply of pharynx

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CN 9, 10

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Part of the nasopharynx with a posterior wall: atlast

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Nasopharynx

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Part of the posterior pharynx whos floor is located at the posterior wall of the tongue

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Oropharynx

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Motor innervation of the pharynx and larynx

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Accesory nerve (XI) except stylopharyngeus muscle

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Motor innervation of the stylopharyngeal muscle

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Glossopharyngeal nerve (X)

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Sensory innervation of the pharynx

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Glosopharyngeal nerve (IX)

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Parasympathetic innervation of the pharynx

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Vagus nerve (x)

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Specialized lymphatic tissue of the pharynx

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Contains the vocal cords

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3 important uses of larynx

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Protection
Respiration
Phonation

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Laryngeal membranes

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Quadrangular membrane

Conus elasticus

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Muscles of the quadrangular membrane

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Thyroarytenoid
Thyroepiglottis
Aryepiglottic

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Muscles of the conus elasticus and arytenoid

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Posterior cricoarytenoid
Lateral cricoarytenoid
Arytenoid

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ABDUCTOR of the vocal cords

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Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle

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ADDUCTORS of the vocal cords

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Lateral cricoarytenoid
Thyroarytenoid
Arytenoideus muscles

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