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| vertebral limits of pharynx |
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| external cranial base to C6 |
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| fasica layer superficial to the muscular layer of the pharynx. |
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| three structures that pass above the superior pharyngeal constrictor |
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| levator veli palatini m., auditory tube, ascending palatine artery (proximal branch of the facial artery) |
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| two structures that pass between the superior and middle pharyngeal constrictors |
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| stylopharyngeus m., glossopharyngeal n. (IX). |
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| two structures that pass between the middle and inferior pharyngeal constrictors |
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| superior laryngeal a. and internal branch of superior laryngeal n. |
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| two structures that pass below inferior pharyngeal constrictor |
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| inferior laryngeal a. and recurrent laryngeal n. |
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| branch of superior thyroid, penetrates thyrohyoid membrane |
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| internal branch of superior laryngeal n. |
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| penetrates thyrohyoid membrane, sensory to mucosa of larynx above vocal folds |
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| branch of inferior thyroid a. |
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| sensory to mucosa of larynx below vocal folds, supplies all intrinsic laryngeal mm except cricothryoid m. |
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| divisions of pharyngeal cavity (from top to bottom) and their AKAs |
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| nasopharynx (epipharynx) - posterior to nasal cavities, oropharynx (mesopharynx) - posterior to oral cavity, laryngopharynx (hypopharynx) - posterior and lateral to laryngeal cavity. |
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| 7 passages communicating with pharyngeal cavity |
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| nasopharynx (2 choanae, 2 openings of auditory tube), oropharynx (1 faucial isthmus), laryngopharynx (1 laryngeal aditus or laryngeal inlet, 1 esophageal opening (at C6 level). |
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