week 9 Flashcards
when does the nasopharynx start
- when nasal septum finishes
what is the posterior nare
- where the opening is going into the nasal cavity from nasopharynx
what is the anterior nare
- where air is going into nostril from front
what is the floor of the nasal cavity
- same as hard palate
what are concha
- little folds of bone into the nasal cavity
- covered by mucous membranes
what type of bone forms concha
- porous
- like a prawn cracker
where does each concha come from
- superior and middle come from ethmoid bone
- inferior is a bone in its own right
what type of epithelium is the nasal cavity lined by
- respiratory
- pseudosatrified columnar epithelium and cells have cilia and there would be goblets cells within ciliated cells
what type of epithelium is at top of nasal cavity
- special receptors for sense smell
what does the mucosa of nasal cavity do
- warms incoming air
- mucous stick dirt to it and cilia waft mucous back the way to nasopharynx to be swallowed
what are the spaces between concha called
- meatuses
- named after concha they are underneath
where does the air pass through the nasal cavity
- along the meatuses
what does a nasal speculum do
- if want to look in someone’s nasal cavity, you put these in their nostrils, then they spring apart and allow you to see concha
where does the nasolacrimal duct open
- into inferior meatus of nasal cavity
what is the hiatus semilunar is
- curved recess in middle meatus
what is the frontal air sinus
- space in bone containing air
- opens into upper end of hiatus semilunaris
who is the frontal air sinus bigger in
- men
where does the maxillary sinus open
- lower end of hiatus semilunaris
where is the ethmoidal bulla
- in concavity of hiatus semilunaris
- bulge of bone covered in mucous membranes
what is another name for the maxillary sinus
- maxillary antrum
why do children often get infections of ethmoidal sinus
- bone between orbit and sinuses is thin so possibility that infection could go into orbit
what is the maxillary sinus shaped like
- 3-sided pyramid
- base is medial side next to nasal cavity
- apex is corner by zygomatic process of maxilla
which tooth is most commonly associated with maxillary sinus
- upper first molar
- but could be any tooth from canine backwards
what epithelium is the maxillary sinus lined by
- respiratory epithelium
- cells aren’t as tall as elsewhere in respiratory tract