Regional Quiz #5 Flashcards
What number is the Trigeminal Nerve and what area does it correspond too?
5
nasal
What number is the Glossopharyngeal nerve and what area does it correspond too?
9
oral
What number is the Vagus nerve and what area does it correspond to?
10
below level of cords/thyroid cartilage
Which nerve is responsible for gag reflex?
Glossopharyngeal
What are some benefits of nasal intubation?
easiest to place
simple to anesthetize
no gag reflex when you reach nasal turbinates(right above the glottis)
Which is the better anesthetic, lidocaine jelly or lidocaine ointment?
lidocaine ointment, its 5% as opposed to 2%
What nerves innervates the nasal cavity(3)?
greater palatine, lesser palatine, anterior ethmoid
Where do the palatine nerves come from?
Trigemianal(5), never via the pterygopalatine ganglion
What do the palatine nerves innervate?
nasal turbinates and most of the nasal septum
Where does the anterior ethmoid nerve innervate?
Olfactory(1) nerve
What does the anterior ethmoid nerve innervate?
nares and anterior 3rd of nasal septum
What nerves innervate the oropharynx?
Vagus(10), Facial(7), Glossopharyngeal(9)
How many branches does the glossopharyngeal have?
3
What does the glossopharyngeal innervate?
posterior 3rd of tongue, vallecula, epiglottis(lingual branch), walls of pharynx(pharyngeal branch), tonsils(tonsillar branch)
Internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve is responsible for what?
sensory innervation
The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is responsible for what?
motor innervation
The superior laryngeal nerve is a part of the ____ nerve.
Vagus
What does the vagus nerve(internal branch of the superior nerve) innervate?
base of tongue, posterior epiglottis, arytepiglottic folds and arytenoids
Where does the vagus nerve(internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve) originate?
lateral to the greater cornu of the hyoid bone
Sensory innervation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve includes…
vocal folds and trachea