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Head and Neck - pharynx
Anatomy of the head and neck
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10/10/2010

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Term
What makes the roof of the nasopharynx?
Definition
Inferior part of sphenoid and and occipital bone
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During which phase of swallowing do suprahyoid muscles elevate larynx and epiglottis sealing off the larynx?
Definition
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The laryngopharynx is the posterior extension of the larynx from ____ to ____. What forms the superior and inferior boundaries?
Definition
C4 to C6. superior border of epiglottis and inferior border of cricoid cartilage (C6)
Term
What are the longitudinal muscles of the pharynx? Are they internal or external?
Definition
Internal. stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus and palatopharyngeus
Term
What are the anterior and posterior attachments of the constrictor muscles?
Definition
Attached posteriorly to pharyngeal raphe and anteriorly to lateral margins of the nasal and oral cavities, and the larynx
Term
When swallowing, the _______ constrictor helps elevate the soft palate, thereby sealing off the nasopharynx
Definition
superior
Term
What are the innervations of the constrictor muscles?
Definition
CN X and superior cervical ganglion (pharyngeal plexus)
Term
Stylopharyngeous enters into the gap below...
Definition
superior constrictor
Term
What do the longitudinal muscles of the pharynx do?
Definition
Elevates the pharynx, and larynx during swallowing and speaking
Term
The gap above superior constrictor transmits...
Definition
Transmits levator veli palatini, pharyngotympanic tube, ascending palatine artery
Term
The gap below the superior constrictor transmits...
Definition
Stylopharyngeus, CN IX, stylohyoid ligament
Term
Which gap transmits the internal laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal vessels?
Definition
The gap below the middle constrictor
Term
What does the gap below the inferior constrictor transmit?
Definition
Recurrent laryngeal nerve and inferior laryngeal vessels
Term
The tonsillar artery is a branch of the ______ artery. Other arteries supplying tonsils are: ascending and descending _______, lingual and _________ pharyngeal.
Definition
facial, ascending and descending palatine, lingual and ascending pharyngeal
Term
Blood supply to the upper pharynx comes from_______, to the lower pharynx comes from _______.
Definition
External carotid, inferior thyroid
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SUPERIOR drainage of the pharynx goes to the ______ in the ________ fossa.
Definition
Pterygoid plexus, infratemporal
Term
Inferior drainage of the pharynx is from _______ and _______ veins.
Definition
facial and internal jugular
Term
Lymph in the pharynx drains to which nodes? Which drains the palatine tonsil and can be palpated?
Definition
Deep cervical, jugulo-digastric (inferior to the posterior belly of digastric)
Term
What supplies motor innervation to the pharyngeal plexus? What are the exceptions?
Definition
CN X, all but stylopharyngeus (CN IX) and tensor veli palatini (CN V)
Term
Where would a fishbone be found in the pharynx?
Definition
piriform aperture
Term
What are the subdivisions of the pharynx and their sensory innervations?
Definition
Nasopharynx – CN V
Oropharynx – CN IX
Laryngopharynx – CNX
Term
foreign bodies lodging WHERE require general anesthesia to remove?
Definition
piriform sinus or nasopharyx
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