Pharynx Flashcards
Pharynx Description
Musculomembranous Tube
12.5 cm long
No Anterior Wall
Extent of Pharynx
Superior: Base of Skull
Inferior: 6th Cervical Vertebra opposite lower border of Cricoid Cartilage
What are the parts of the Pharynx?
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx
Layers of the Pharyngeal Wall
Deep to Superficial:
Mucous Membrane
Fibrous Layer/Pharyngeobasilar Fascia
Muscular Coat (defecting upwards)
Nasopharynx
Extent
Superior: Base of Skull
Inferior: Soft Palate
Nasopharynx
Special Features
Pharyngeal Opening of Eustachian Tube behind Inferior Nasal Concha
Tubal Elevation
Salpingopharyngeal Fold
Nasopharygeal Tonsil in the Roof of Nasopharynx
Nasopharynx
What produces the Tubal Elevation?
Cartilage of Tube above and behind
Nasopharynx
What produces the Salinpopharyngeal Fold?
Salpingopharyngeus Muscle
Nasopharynx
What condition could cause difficulty breating in children?
Adenoids: Enlargement of Nasopharyngeal Tonsil which obstructs Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Extent
Superior: Soft Palate
Inferior: Upper End of Epiglottis
Oropharynx
Special Features
Glossoepiglottic Folds
Palatopharyngeal Arch
Tonsillar Fossa
Oropharynx
What are the Glossoepiglottic Folds?
1 Median and 2 Lateral Folds connecting Back of Tongue to Front of Epiglottis
Oropharynx
What are the Valleculae?
Two Depressed Areas between the Glossoepiglottic Folds
Oropharynx
What produces the Palatopharyngeal Arch?
Palatopharyngeus Muscle
Oropharynx
What is found in the Tonsilar Fossa?
Palatine Tonsils
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
What are the Palatine Tonsils?
Mass of Lymphoid Tissues
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Location of Palatine Tonsils?
Lateral Wall of Oropharynx
Between Palatoglossal and Palatopharyngeal Arches
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Features
2 Ends
2 Surfaces
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Ends
Upper End: Reaching Soft Palate
Lower End: Reaching Dorsum of Tongue
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Surfaces
Medial Surface: 10-15 Orifices leading to Tonsillar Crypts
Lateral Surface: Tonsillar Hemicapsule which is an extension from the Pharyngobasilar Fascia
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Nerve Supply
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Tonsilitis causes referred pain to ear
Oropharynx: Palatine Tonsils
Lymphatic Drainage
Jugulodigastric Lymph Nodes