Week 3 - Anatomy Of The Larynx

Question 1

Identify the structures passing through the gap between the superior and the middle constrictors.

Answer 1

Stylopharyngeus muscle and glosspharyngeal nerve

Question 2

The narrowest portion of the pharynx is at the level of the….

Answer 2

Pharynoesophageal junction

Question 3

All of the sinuses drain into the middle meatus except

Answer 3

Sphenoidal

Question 4

Which structures pass through the hole in the throhyoid membrane?

Answer 4

Internal laryngeal nerve and the superior laryngeal artery.

Question 5

The posterior wall of the trachea is made up of….

Answer 5

Trachealis muscle

Question 6

The auditory tube opens into the….

Answer 6

Nasopharynx

Question 7

Valleculae are pits/fovea between the…..

Answer 7

Lateral and the median glossoepiglottic folds.

Question 8

Identify the region of the pharynx which extends between the soft palate and the epiglottis.

Answer 8

Oropharynx

Question 9

What is pharyngeal dimple or Killans Disease?

Answer 9

Gap between the thyropharyngeus and the cricopharyngeus muscle

Question 10

True or false.

Left jugular trunk drains into the thoracic duct.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Adenoid hypertrophy is the enlargement of…..

Answer 11

Pharyngeal tonsil