Pharynx Flashcards
What is the pharynx?
Musculofacial tube
Where is the pharynx located?
Cranial base to the oesophagus
What is the role of the pharynx?
Common entry to both resp and alimentary tract
What are the three parts of the pharynx?
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx
Where is the naso pharynx located
Post to the nasal cavity
What is present in the nasopharnyx
Pharyngeal tonsils
What connects the nasopharynx and middle ear?
pharyngotympanic tube
Where is the oropharynx located?
Posterior to the oral cavity
between soft palate and upper margin eppiglotis
What is present in the oropharynx?
Palatine tonsils
Where is the laryngopharnynx located?
Post to the larynx
tip of eppiglottis to point of pharynx termination
Where is the point of pharnyx termination
C6 - at oesophagus
What are the 4 pairs of paranasal air sinuses?
Ethmoidalm frontal, sphenoidal and maxillary
What lines the paranasal air spaces?
Mucus membrane
