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13 Cards in this Set
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What is in the lateral wall of the nose?
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3 pairs of choncha
ethmoid = superior, middle inferior (separate) middle meatus - pour fluid from frontal and maxillary sinus inferior meatus - nasal lacrimal duct emppty into |
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What is the soft palate made of?
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muscous membrane, muscle
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What keeps food from entering the nasal pharyxn when swallowing?
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Uvula
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What are some functions of nose?
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1. moisten air - globlet
2. warm air - venus plexus 3. clean air - cilia 4. resonance of voice |
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What are some characterisitcs of the pharynx?
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fibro muscular tube,
5 in long, begins at base of skull, continues to C-6 |
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What is in the nasal pharynx?
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Eustacian tube (equalizes air pressure), phargia tonsil, air repitory epithelium with globlet cells
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What is in the oral pharynx
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food, air, stradified squamous, paletine and lingual tonsils
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What is in the larynagal pharynx
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stratified squamous, goes to esophagues
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What is larynx made up of?
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9 cartillages, 3 paired, 3 unpaired
unparied - 1 = thyroid cartillage, 2 = cricoid cart, 3 = epiglattis cart |
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What does the thyroid cartilage do?
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enlarges in puberty, allows the boice to deepen and become threatening
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Where are the false vocal cord and true vocal cords
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false = superior
true = inferior |
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What contracts to raise pitch
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thyroarytenoid muscle
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What is the trachea?
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16-20 c shaped rings, tracheotomy is opening trachea at X
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