Pterygopalatine Fossa Flashcards
Components of the bony part of the nose:
Nasal bones
Front process of maxilla
Nasal part of frontal bone and nasal spine
Bony part of the nasal septum
Cartilaginous component of the nose:
2 lateral cartilage
2 alar cartilage
Septal cartilage
All the nasal cavity is lined with …. Except for …
Nasal mucosa
Vestibule of the nose
Nasal mucosa is connected to..
Periosteum of the bony parts of the nasal cavity and the perichondrum of the nasal cartilage
Olfactory area
Olfactory area has specialized nasal mucosa that contains the peripheral nerve ending from CNI for olfaction
*Borders of the nasal cavity:
Roof: frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid bones
Floor: Palatine process of maxilla, horizontal plate of palatine bone
Medial wall: nasal septum (perpendicular plate of ethmoid, vomer, septal cartilage, nasal crests of the maxillary and palatine bones
Lateral wall: superior, middle and inferior nasal conchae
4 passages of the nasal cavity:
What openings do they have?
Spheno-ethmoidal recess (forms the opening of the sphenoid sinus)
Superior nasal meatus (forms the opening of the ethmoidal sinus)
Middle nasal meatus (forms opening of frontal sinus and maxillary sinus)
Inferior nasal sinus (forms opening of nasolacrimal duct)
Draw the 4 nasal cavity passages and their associated openings
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What is the major arterial supply to the nasal cavity?
Branches of the Maxillary A. (particularly the Sphenopalatine A. Also, Anterior and Posterior ethmoidal As., Greater Palatine A.)
Branches from the Facial A. (Superior Labial A. and Lateral Nasal branches )
Draw the arteries of the nasal cavity
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*Maxillary sinus (largest):
Drains where …
Blood supply?
Innervation?
Drains via the maxillary ostium into middle meatus
Superior alveolar branches of Maxillary A and the Greater Palatine A.
Superior Alveolar Nerve branches (V2)
*Ethmoid Sinus (located in ethmoid air cells between orbits) :
Drains?
Blood supply?
Innervation?
Anterior and middle ethmoidal cells drain into middle meatus while Posterior Ethmoidal cells drain into superior meatus Ethmoidal A. (from the ophthalmic A.) Nasociliary nerve (CN V1)
Sphenoid sinus (divided by the boy part of nasal septum):
Drains?
Blood supply?
Innervation?
Via spheno-ethmoidal recess
Posterior ethmoidal A.
Posterior ethmoidal N. (CN V1)
Frontal sinus (located between the tables of frontal bone)
Drains?
Blood supply?
Innervation?
Via frontonasal duct into semilunar hiatus of middle meatus
Supraorbital A. and Anterior Ethmoidal As.
Supraorbital N. (CN V1)
Where is the Pterygopalatine Fossa?
Found inferior to the apex of the orbit