Pharynx, Nasal Cavity, Oral Cavity Flashcards
Nasal vestibule, respiratory region, and olfactory region
Vestibule - hair to catch particulates
Respiratory region- neurovascular supply & warmth
Olfactory region - lined by olfactory epithelium
4 air channels of the nasal cavity
- Inferior nasal meatus between inferior concha & nasal floor
- Middle nasal meatus: between inferior and middle concha
- Superior nasal meatus: between middle and superior concha
- Spheno-ethmoidal recess: between superior concha and nasal roof
The sphenopalatine foramen connects the nasal cavity to the …
The incisive canal connects the nasal cavity to the…
The foramen cecum connects the nasal cavity to…
Sphenopalatine foramen –> Pterygopalatine fossa
Incisive canal -> oral cavity
Foramen caecum -> emissary vein
What nerves give sensation in the anterior nasal cavity and external superior nose?
Anteiror & posterior ethmoidal nerves, which are branches off the ophthalmic nerve [V1].
Anterior ethmoidal terminate as external nasal nerve, giving sensation to the external skin of the superior nerve.
What goes through the sphenopalatine foramen? What does it do?
Maxillary nerve [V2] goes through and ultimately provides sensation to the posterior nasal cavity. Branches:
- Posterior superior lateral nasal nerves
- Posterior superior medial nasal nerves
- Nasopalatine n
- Posterior inferior nasal nerves
What separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity? from the cranial cavity?
Separation from oral cavity - hard palate
Separation from cranial cavity - frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid bones
the superior and middle concha are part of what bone?
Ethmoid bone
Parasympathetic fibers for the nasal cavity come from
Facial nerve (CN7) joins branches of V2 in the pterygopalatine fossa (synapsing in the ptergopalatine ganglion) innervate the glands of the nasal cavity & sinus glands.
Sympathetics in the nasal cavity come from ___, synapse in ___ and then postgnagliionic fibers reach the NC along blood vessels or by joining V2
Come from T1
Synapse in superior sympathetic ganglion
The ICA supplies blood to the nose via ____
The ECA supplies blood to the nose via ____
ICA:
- ophthalmic artery –> anterior & posterior ethmoidal arteries
ECA:
- maxillary artery –> sphenopalatine artery
- facial artery –> superior labial artery
Nasal cavity venous drainage
- Drain into cavernous sinus & pterygoid plexus posteriorly
- Facial vein & nasal vein anteriorly
- Emissary veins (allow for infection)
Nasal lymphatic drainage
- Anterior: Submandibular and submental lymph nodes
- Posterior: Retropharyngeal and anterior deep cervical nodes
Posterior ethmoidal sinus drains into the
Superior meatus
Anterior ethmoidal sinus, maxillary sinus, and frontal sinus drain into the
Middle meatus
Nasolacrimal duct drains into
inferior meatus
Sphenoid sinus drains into
sphenoethmoidal recess
Innervation of the frontal sinus
Supraorbital nerve from ophthalmic n (V1)
Maxillary sinuses open near the top in the center of the semilunar hiatus. What is their innervation?
Infraorbital and alveolar branches of the maxillary nerve (V2)
Ethmoid cells fill the ethmoidal labyrinth on each side.
- Anterior ethmoid cells open into the ___ or ___.
- Middle ethmoid cells open onto the ___ or the ___
- Posterior ethmoid cells open onto the _____
- The anterior & posterior are innervated by ___ and ___ from ___ and __ by way of branches from the __ ganglion
Anterior ethmoid cells open into the ethmoidal infundibulum or frontal nasal duct.
Middle ethmoid cells open onto the ethmoidal bulla or the lateral wall of nasal cavity above the bulla
Posterior ethmoid cells open onto the lateral wall of superior nasal meatus
The anterior & posterior are innervated by anterior** and **posterior ethmoidal branches of nasociliary n from V1 and V2 by way of branches from the pterygopalatine ganglion
Sphenoid sinuses open onto the roof of the nasal cavity on the posterior wall of the ____
What is their innervation?
Posterior ethmoidal branch of V1 and maxillary [V2] by way of branches from the pterygopalatine ganglion
An autonomic pathway from the CNS to the mucous membrane of the inferior nasal concha would include which ganglia?
Pterygopalatine ganglion
Parasympathetics provide secretomotor fibers to the glands in the mucosa of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers synapse with postganglionic ones in the pterygopalatine ganglia.
You push a curved probe through the inferior aspect of the maxillary sinus. What space/cavity might you see the tip of the probe in?
Oral cavity.
A child puts a rock up her nose and affects the drainage of the inferior nasal meatus. What symptom is most likely to occur?
Tearing of the ipsilateral eye.
Nasolacrimal duct from the orbit empties into the inferior nasal meatus. The ipsilateral eye’s tears cannot drain inferiorly and teasr will exude over the lower eyelid.
What makes up the floor of the oral cavity? What’s the innervation?
Mylohoid and geniohyoid muscles
What bones make up the hard palate?
Anteriorly, the palatine process of the maxilla
Posteriorly, the horizontal plate of palatine bone
Buccinator muscle runs from pterygomandibular raphe, alveolar part of mandible, and alveolar process of maxilla to blend with the orbicularis oris muscle & modiolus. Holds cheek against alveolar arches and keeps food between the teeth durign mastication. What innervates the buccinator muscle?
Facial n (CN7)