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Nasal Cavity
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Anatomy
Kindergarten
08/14/2011

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Term

Nasal Cavity 

 

overview 

Definition

-Superior Part of nasal cavity

 

-Includes external nose/internal cavity

 

-Opens externally through nares, posteriorly through choanae 

Term

Nasal Cavity

 

function

 

Definition

-olfaction

-airway for respiration

-warm and moisten inspired air 

-filter air of foreign matter

-reception of secretion from paranasal sinuses and nasolacrimal duct

Term

External Nose

 

Blood supply and Innervation

Definition

Blood Supply: - Facial artery(lateral nasal and angular aa.)

-Opthalmic artery branches(dorsal nasal a)

 

Innervation: -Infratrochlear and external nasal nn (V1)

-Infraorbital n. (V2)

Term
Paranasal Sinuses 
Definition

-Frontal

-Sphenoidal

-maxillary

-Ethmoidal(anterior,middle,posterior) 

Term

Pterygopalatine Fossa

 

Contents

Definition
pterygopalatine ganglion, maxillary n and third portion of maxillary artery 
Term

Maxillary Artery 

 

3rd part

Definition

-posterior superior alveolar

-infraorbital(anterior superior alveolar)

-descending palatine

-sphenopalatine

-pharyngeal

-artery of pterygoid canal 

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