Pharynx Flashcards
Outer circular muscles are oriented how
Horizontally
Inner longitudinal muscle that is not part of the pharynx
Levator veli palatini
A cartilage coming from the pharynx towards the middle ear
Eustachian tube
Thin sheet of muscle connecting eustachian tube to the fascia of the pharynx
Salphingopharyngeus
Inner long muscle connected to the palate and the pharynx
Palatopharyngeus
Conchae of the nose that is covered with mucosa
Turbinates
Function of conchae
Increase surface area
Inner long muscle connected to the styloid prcess of temporal bone
Stylopharyngeus
Contents of the nasopharynx
Pharyngotympanic tube Salphingopharyngeus Pharyngeal tonsil Ascending palatine artery Superior pharyngeal constrictor Levator veli palatini
Sparingly dispersed along the mucosa and the GI tract
MALT
Pharyngeal tonsil is a what
Lymph nodule - no capsule
Eustachian tube cartilage covered with mucosa
Torus tobarius
Salphingopharengeus covered with mucosa
Salphingopharengeal fold
Mucosa of the pharynx
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells
Function of cilia
Expel mucus. Moves it towards the nose (from the nasopharynx)