Pharynx Flashcards
1
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- forms a crossover point between the respiratory and digestive systems
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Pharynx
2
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- oral cavity
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Esophagus
3
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- nasal cavity
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Larynx and Trachea
4
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- muscular tube lined with mucus membrane connecting the back of the nasal and oral cavities
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Pharynx
5
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- dorsal to the soft palate
- respiratory channel
dorsal - naso
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Nasopharynx
6
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- ventral to the soft palate
- digestive channel
ventral - oro
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Oropharynx
7
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- part where the air from nasopharynx crosses to reach the larynx and the food and water from the oropharynx crosses into the esophagus.
- both respiratory and digestive channel
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Laryngopharynx
8
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- must be directed at the upper portion to reach the esophagus
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food bolus
9
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- side in dogs where the bones were become lunge
- closes the laryngeal opening of the airway thus causing choking
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Piriform recess
10
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PHARYNGEAL OPENINGS
- Pharyngeal Opening (isthmus of fauces)
- Caudal nares (choana)
- Pharyngeal openings of the auditory tubes
- Laryngeal Opening (aditus laryngeus)
- Esophageal Opening (aditus esophagi)
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Pharyngeal Openings
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12
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isthmus of fauces
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Pharyngeal opening
13
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choana
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Caudal nares
14
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aditus laryngeus
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Laryngeal opening
15
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aditus esophagi
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Esophageal opening
16
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- isthmus of fauces
- opening from the oral cavity»_space; oropharynx
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Pharyngeal opening
17
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- choana
- evident in the nasal cavity
- osseous opening between the caudal nasal cavity and the nasopharynx
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Caudal nares
18
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- slit in the lateral wall of the nasopharynx leading to the middle ear
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Pharyngeal openings of the auditory tubes
19
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- aditus laryngeus
- opening to the larynx surrounded by nostral laryngeal cartilage
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Laryngeal opening
20
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- aditus esophagi
- opening at the caudal end of the laryngopharynx into the esophagus
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Esophageal opening
