the pharynx

Question 1

what are the three layers of the cervical viscera (neck)

Answer 1

endocrine, respiratory and alimentary

Question 2

which features are part of the endocrine layer of the pharynx

Answer 2

the thyroid and parathyroid glands

Question 3

which features are part of the respiratory layer of the pharynx

Answer 3

larynx and trachea

Question 4

which features are part of the alimentary layer of the pharynx

Answer 4

pharynx and oesophagus

Question 5

what are the three layers of the pharynx

Answer 5

buccopharyngeal
muscular layer
innermost mucous membrane

Question 6

which layer covers the pharynx

Answer 6

the buccopharyngeal

Question 7

what makes up the muscular layer of the pharynx

Answer 7

the outer circular and inner longitudinal

Question 8

what makes up the innermost mucous membrane

Answer 8

the submucosa

Question 9

what is the salpinopharyngeus

Answer 9

the muscle that raises the pharynx during swallowing

Question 10

what are adenoids

Answer 10

enlarged pharyngeal tonsils

Question 11

what supplies the palatine tonsil

Answer 11

tonsillar artery

Question 12

what drains the palatine tonsil

Answer 12

external palatine vein

Question 13

what does the pharyngeal raphe extend

Answer 13

from the base of the skull to the oesophagus

Question 14

where is the middle pharyngeal constrictor

Answer 14

lateral and posterior sides of the neck

Question 15

where is the superior pharyngeal constrictor

Answer 15

the oropharynx

Question 16

where is the inferior pharyngeal constrictor

Answer 16

underneath the middle, overlapping slightly with the inferior fibres of the middle constrictor