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The Nose
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03/20/2012

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Term
What divides the chamber of the nose into two nasal passages?
Definition
Nasal septum
Term
The air space housed by the external nose is referred to as what?
Definition
Nasal vestibule
Term
The nasal cavity on the skull is referred to as what?
Definition
Nasal aperture
Term
The inferior margin of the nasal aperture has a bony prominence known as what?
Definition
Anterior nasal spine
Term
The posterior openings of the nasal passages are known as what?
Definition
Choanae
Term
Two choanae join to form what in the nose?
Definition
Posterior nasal aperture
Term
What forms the roof of the nasal cavities and the superior portion of the lateral wall?
Definition
Ethmoid bone
Term
What forms the superior portion of the nasal septum?
Definition
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
Term
Which nasal conchae are part of the ethmoid?
Definition
Superior and middle
Term
What functions to increase the surface area of the nasal mucosa?
Definition
Nasal conchae
Term
What is found in the meatuses lateral to the nasal conchae?
Definition
Openings for communication with the paranasal sinuses and the orbit
Term
The olfactory mucosa is limited to lining what part of the nasal cavity?
Definition
Superior nasal concha and the adjacent portion of the septum
Term
The respiratory mucosa is thickest over what part of the nasal cavity?
Definition
Inferior and middle concha and the septum adjacent to the middle meatus
Term
What controls the vascular plexuses of the respiratory mucosa in the nose?
Definition
Sympathetic GVE innervation from T1 which synapse at the superior cervical ganglion
Term
What is nasal cycling?
Definition
Process in which on nasal cavity is most often more congested than the other. Allows for alternating repair of damaged channels
Term
What provides blood to the nasal cavity?
Definition
Anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries from the opthalmic artery, sphenopalatine and greater palatine arteries from the maxillary artery, lateral nasal and superior labial arteries from the facial artery
Term
What area of the nose is most susceptible to nose bleeds?
Definition
Anterior inferior region of the nasal septum, known as Kiesselbach's plexus or Little's area
Term
Why is Kisselbach's plexus (aka Little's area) the most common site of nosebleeds?
Definition
Site of anastomoses of nasal arteries
Term
Nosebleeds of the posterior nasal cavity are less common and more serious and involve what artery?
Definition
Sphenopalatine artery
Term
Veins in the nose that accompany the maxillary artery drain into what?
Definition
Pterygoid plexus of veins
Term
Veins from the anterior region of the nasal cavities drain into what?
Definition
Facial vein
Term
Veins that accompany the anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries drain into what?
Definition
Ophthalmic vein
Term
What innervates the nasal septum?
Definition
Anterior ethmoidal nerve via CN V1 and posterior lateral nasal nerve via CN V2
Term
Olfactory receptor neurons reach CN I from the nasal septum by passing through what structure?
Definition
Cribiform plate of the ethmoid
Term
What are the paranasal sinuses?
Definition
Frontal sinus, maxillary sinus, sphenoid sinus, ethmoidal air cells
Term
The nasolacrimal duct drains into what part of the nasal cavity?
Definition
Inferior meatus
Term
Where is the hiatus semilunaris located and what openings are found there?
Definition
Middle meatus, contains openings of the frontonasal duct, anterior ethmoidal air cells, and the maxillary sinus
Term
The bulla ethmoidalis in the middle meatus contains an opening to what?
Definition
Middle ethmoidal air cells
Term
The posterior ethmoidal air cells drain into what?
Definition
Superior meatus
Term
The region of the pharaynx posterior to the choanae and above the soft palate is referred to as what?
Definition
Nasopharynx
Term
What is found within the mucosal coverings of the roof of the nasopharynx?
Definition
Pharyngeal tonsil
Term
The ring of lymphoid tissues around the nasal and oral openings formed by the various tonsils is referred to as what?
Definition
Waldeyer's Ring
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