Week 2 Slides Flashcards
Name the main parts of the oral cavity.
Hard palate Soft Palate Oropharynx Palatine Tonsil Tongue Posterior faucial pillar Anterior faucial pillar
What is another word that can be reffered to as nasal or related to the soft palate/pharynx?
Velopharyngeal
Above the nasal cavity, there are ______ receptors.
olfactory
What are olfactory receptors responsible for?
Sense of smell.
What does the Nasal Cavity include?
The Nasal Septum and Nasal Conchae
What is the conchae shaped like?
An elongated sea shell.
What does the nasal cavity do?
It warms and moistens inspired air.
What is the nasal cavity covered with?
Warm and moist mucosa
What are the nasal conchae?
They are folded bones in the nasal cavity
How many conchae do we have?
3
Name the 3 conchae.
Superior concha
Middle Concha
Inferior concha
What are the conchae lined with?
Mucosa
What can’t the oral cavity become? This burdens the lungs.
It can’t become warm or moist.
When running where is it better to inspire through?
Its better to inspire through the nose.
Breathing through the nose slows the air escape, what does this mean?
It means that the lungs have more time to extract oxygen from them.
What is the front part of the nasal septum composed of?
Cartilage
What is the back part of the nasal septum composed of?
Bone
The front part of the nasal septum is _____.
Flexible
What does the nasal septum do?
It separates/divides the nasal cavity into 2 nostrils.
What reduces the weight of the head and enables good nasal voice?
The Paranasal Sinuses
Without _______ _______ your head would feel heavy and humming would sound bad.
Paranasal sinuses.
What is the main paranasal sinus called?
The Maxillary Sinus
What paranasal sinus is most likely to have inflammation, and what is this known as?
Maxillary Sinus, Maxillary Sinusitis
Sinuses that open into the nasal cavity are known as _______ sinuses.
Paranasal