Pharynx

Question 1

adenoids

Answer 1

enlarged pharngeal tonsils

Question 2

pharynx becomes continous with esophagus at what vertebral level?

Answer 2

c6

Question 3

tonsillar bed is formed by?

Answer 3

superior pharngeal constrictor

pharngobasillar fascia

Question 4

pharngeal isthmus

Answer 4

opening between soft palate and posterior pharyngeal wall

Question 5

nasopharynx has:

Answer 5

pharyngeal tonsils
pharyngeal isthmus
tubal elevation
pharyngeal recess
saloingopharyngeal fold

Question 6

vallecula

Answer 6

depressions on either side of the median glossoepiglottic fold

Question 7

oropharyngeal isthmus

Answer 7

• interval between paired plattoglossal arches

- marks the boundary between mouth and pharynx

Question 8

palatine tonsils

Answer 8

present in the recess b/w plattoglossal and plattopharyngeal arches

Question 9

piriform fossa

Answer 9

• present on either side of the laryngeal inlet

- sharp ingested bodies most commonly lodge here

Question 10

medial boundary of piriform fossa

Answer 10

aryepiglottic fold

Question 11

lateral boundary of piriform fossa

Answer 11

thyroid cartilage

Question 12

sensory nerve supply of the mucous of nasopharynx

Answer 12

maxillary nerve

Question 13

sensory nerve supply of the mucous of oropharynx

Answer 13

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 14

sensory nerve supply of the mucous of laryngopharynx

Answer 14

vagus nerve

Question 15

blood supply of pharynx

Answer 15

maxillary artery
lingual artery
ascending pharyngeal artery
tonsillar branches of facial artery

Question 16

pharyngeal raphe

Answer 16

• posterior midline fibrous band onto which three constrictor muscles insert
• extends from pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone to the esophagus

Question 17

cricopharyngeus muscle

Answer 17

lower part of inferior constrictor muscle arises from cricoid cartilage and acts as a sphincter

Question 18

killian dehescence

Answer 18

area on the posterior pharyngeal wall b/w the upper propulsive and lower sphincteric part of the inferior constrictor muscle

Question 19

muscles involved in shutting off nasopharynx during swallowing

Answer 19

palatopharyngeus

superior constrictor

Question 20

muscles involved in larynx elevation

Answer 20

stylopharyngeus
salpingopharyngeus
palatopharyngeus
thyrohyoid

Question 21

muscles involved in making the laryngeal inlet smaller

Answer 21

oblique arytenoid
thyroarytenoid
aryepiglottic fold

Question 22

stylopharyngeus is supplied by which nerve?

Answer 22

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 23

lymph from pharynx drains into:

Answer 23

pretracheal or retropharyngeal and then into deep cervical lymph nodes

Question 24

palatine and lingual tonsils are present in:

Answer 24

oropharynx

Question 25

Waldeyer’s ring of lymphoid tissue

Answer 25

-surrounds opening into the digestive & respiratory pathway

Question 26

lateral part of waldeyers ring is formed by

Answer 26

palatine and tubal tonsils

Question 27

upper part of waldeyers ring is formed by

Answer 27

pharyngeal tonsils

Question 28

lower part of waldeyers ring is formed by

Answer 28

lingual tonsils

Question 29

pus from cervical tuberculous osteomyelitis points to:

Answer 29

sternocleidomastoid muscle

Question 30

pus from retropharyngeal lymph nodes points to:

Answer 30

posterior pharyngeal wall

Question 31

source of post operative bleeding after tonsillectomy

Answer 31

external palatine vein

Question 32

Peritonsiller Abcess (Quinsy)

Answer 32

spread of infection from the palatine tonsils to the loose connective tissue