Upper Airway Anatomy Flashcards




Know words:
septal cartilage
vomer
both divide nose down middle, vomer is bone








where is olfactory mucosa
just below cribiform plate



The maxillary sinus (lateral to nasal cavity/behind this view) drains through the orifice of the maxillary sinus through to the hiatus semilunaris (canal) of the middle meatus









arterial supply upper 1/3 of nasal cavity
anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries
arterial supply lower 2/3 of nasal cavity
sphenopalatine artery
arterial supply vestibule lateral wall
lateral nasal branches of facial artery
arterial supply anterior septal wall of vestibule
septal branch of superior labial artery


venous drainage upper 1/3 of nasal cavity
–> opthamlic veins –> cavernous sinuses
venous drainage lower 2/3 nasal cavity
–> pterygoid venous plexus
venous drainage vestibule
–> facial vein
innervation upper 1/3 of nasal cavity
branches of opthalmic branch of trigeminal nerve (CN V1)
specifically, anterior and posterior ethmoidal nerves
innervation lower 2/3 lateral wall nasal cavity
branches of maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve (CN V2)
specifically the nasal branches of the maxillary nerve
which are from the pterygopalatine ganglion (PPG)


innervation septal wall lower 2/3 of nasal cavity
nasopalatine nerve
branches from CN V2
innervation vestibule
internal nasal branch of infraorbital nerve
branch of CN V2






innervation and actions of sal-pin-go-pharyngeal fold
CN 10 and CN 11 from pharyngeal plexus
elevate pharynx, open auditory tube
innervation upper 1/2 of pharynx
somatic sensory fibers from PPG
innervation lower 1/2 of nasopharynx
visceral sensory
pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve (CN 11)







Ethmoid bone




Palatine bone








