Pharynx Flashcards

1
Q

Outer circular muscles are oriented how

A

Horizontally

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2
Q

Inner longitudinal muscle that is not part of the pharynx

A

Levator veli palatini

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3
Q

A cartilage coming from the pharynx towards the middle ear

A

Eustachian tube

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4
Q

Thin sheet of muscle connecting eustachian tube to the fascia of the pharynx

A

Salphingopharyngeus

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5
Q

Inner long muscle connected to the palate and the pharynx

A

Palatopharyngeus

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6
Q

Conchae of the nose that is covered with mucosa

A

Turbinates

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7
Q

Function of conchae

A

Increase surface area

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8
Q

Inner long muscle connected to the styloid prcess of temporal bone

A

Stylopharyngeus

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9
Q

Contents of the nasopharynx

A
Pharyngotympanic tube
Salphingopharyngeus
Pharyngeal tonsil
Ascending palatine artery
Superior pharyngeal constrictor
Levator veli palatini
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10
Q

Sparingly dispersed along the mucosa and the GI tract

A

MALT

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11
Q

Pharyngeal tonsil is a what

A

Lymph nodule - no capsule

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12
Q

Eustachian tube cartilage covered with mucosa

A

Torus tobarius

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13
Q

Salphingopharengeus covered with mucosa

A

Salphingopharengeal fold

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14
Q

Mucosa of the pharynx

A

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells

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15
Q

Function of cilia

A

Expel mucus. Moves it towards the nose (from the nasopharynx)

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16
Q

Connection between naso and oropharynx is the what

A

Pharyngeal isthmus

17
Q

What do we see in the oropharynx

A

Superior pharyngeal constrictor
Palatopharyngeus
Middle pharyngeal constrictor

18
Q

Muscle attached to the palate and tongue

A

Palatoglossus

19
Q

Palatopharyngeal muscle covered with mucosa

A

Palatopharyngeal fold

20
Q

Structures coming from the outside between the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor

A

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Stylohyoid ligament

21
Q

Glossopharyngeal nerve is motor or sensory

A

Sensory

22
Q

Hypoglossal nerve is motor or sensory

A

Motor

23
Q

Muscle from pharynx to styloid process of temporal

A

Stylopharyngeus

24
Q

Between palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arch

A

Palatine tonsil (left and right)

25
Q

You see the what first before palatine tonsil then palatopharyngeal arch

A

Palatoglossal arch

26
Q

Kissing tonsils

A

Inflammed tonsils that are near each other already

27
Q

Located behind the larynx but not limited behind larynx but extends up to sides of larynx

A

Laryngopharynx

28
Q

Part of laryngopharynx but located on the sides of the larynx

A

Piriform fossa

29
Q

Where fish bone usually lodge in

A

Piriform sinus

30
Q

What is after the larynx

A

Trachea

31
Q

When you speak, what moves towards the center

A

Vocal cords

32
Q

What causes production of voice

A

Vibration of vocal cords

33
Q

Can you breathe and speak at the same time?

A

No

34
Q

Nerve supply of nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx

A

Maxillary nerve
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve

35
Q

Motor nerve supply of pharynx

A

Vagus nerve except stylopharengeus

36
Q

What motor innervation of stylopharyngeus

A

Glossopharyngeal nerve

37
Q

Tonsils in the tongue

A

Lingual tonsils

38
Q

Tonsils from top to tongue

A
Pharyngeal tonsil (1)
Tubal tonsils (2)
Lymphatic tissue along salphingolaryngeal fold
Palatine tonsils
Lingual tonsils
39
Q

Collection of all the lymphoid tissue in a circular formation

A

Waldeyer’s ring