W2: S1 - Bones and Cartilages of the Nose Flashcards
1
Q
What are the functions of the nose?
A
- Traps dirt
- Moistens air
- Breathing
- Olfaction
2
Q
What bone does the nasal bones articulate with at the nasion?
A
- Frontal
3
Q
What bone do the nasal bones articulate with laterally?
A
Maxillary
4
Q
A
5
Q
What bones form the floor of the nasal cavity?
A
Hard Palate
- Palatine processes of maxilla
- Palatine bones
Extended posteriorly by the soft palate
6
Q
Which two bones form the nasal septum?
A
- Vomer
- Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
7
Q
A
8
Q
What structure passes through the cribriform plate?
A
Olfactory nerve
9
Q
What attaches to the crista gali?
A
Falx cerebri
10
Q
A
- Medial wall of the orbit
- Middle nasal concha
- Perpindicular plate
- Ethmoid air sinus
- Crista gali
