Respiratory System Flashcards
Posterior part of nasal cavity
Nare/ choana
Parts of nasal septum
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid-sup
Cartilage-ant
Vomer- inf
Borders of nasal cavity
Roof: criboform plate of ethmoid
Floor:maxilla,soft palate,palatine bone
Lateral:middle and inferior concha,maxilla
Medial:nasal septum
Lateral wall
Concha: bony projections
Turbinate: mucous filled bony projections
S,M,I meatus
Air sinuses
Frontal
Ethmoidal
Maxillary
Sphenoidal
Ethmoidal sinus
Anterior cells
Middle cells
Posterior cells
Drainage of sphenoidal sinus
Spheno-ethmoidal recess (ABOVE SUPERIOR CONCHA)
Drainage of maxillary sinus
Middle meatus
Drainage of anterior and middle ethmoidal cells
Middle meatus
Drainage of posterior ethmoidal cells
Superior meatus
At what level does pharynx become oesophagus
C6
Parts of pharynx
Nasopharynx- btwn skull and soft palate, ends at pharyngeal isthmus
Oropharynx- soft palate to epiglottis
Laryngeopharynx- epiglottis to cricoid cartilage (extends as oesophagus)
Single laryngeal cartilages
Epiglottis
Thyroid
Cricoid
Paired laryngeal cartilages
Cuneiform
Corniculate
Arytenoid
Extrinsic membranes
Thyrohyoid (superior)
Cricothyroid (inferior)
Ligaments
Hyoepiglottic
Thyro-epiglottic
Aryepiglottic
Intrinsic membranes
Quadrangular
Conus elasticus
False vocal cords
Quadrangular membrane (inferior)
Lateral boarder of epiglottis to arytenoid