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23 Cards in this Set
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The pharynx links the ___ and ____ cavities to the larynx and the esophagus
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Oral and nasal
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What is the pharynx?
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It's a musculofacial half cylinder
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What is the cartilaginous portion of the superior attachment of the pharynx?
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the pharyngotympanic tube
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What is the ligament that goes from the styloid process to the hyoid bone?
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the stylohyoid ligament
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The pharyngeal wall consist of what 4 layers superficially to deep?
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Buccopharyngeal fascia
Pharyngeal muscles pharyngobasilar fascia pharyngeal muscosa |
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What are the divisions of the pharynx?
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nasopharynx
oropharynx laryngopharynx |
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What are tonsils?
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collections of lymphoid tissue in pharynx
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What is Waldeyer's ring?
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An incomplete ring of lymphoid tissue arond the back of the throat that contains:
1. Pharyngeal Tonsils 2. Lingual Tonsils 3. Palatine Tonsils |
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What is strep throat?
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It's streptococcus bacterial infection of the tonsils.
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What are adenroids?
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Enlarged chronically infected pharygeal tonsils
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What are the three longitudinal pharyngeal muscles?
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stylopharyngeus
palatopharyngeus salphinopharyngeus |
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Is the pharyngeal wall continuous?
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No, there are gaps for vessels and structures to pass through.
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What passes inferior to the inferior constictor m into the larynx?
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recurrent laryngeal n
inferior laryngeal a and v |
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What forms the pharyngeal plexus?
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glossopharyngeal
vagus branches of the superior cervical ganglion |
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Deglutition is what?
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swallowing
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Swallowing reflex involves which two nerves?
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afferent limb: glossopharyngeal
efferent limb: vagus |
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What is DISH?
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: degenerative arthritis
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What is typically a result of weakness in the wall?
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pharyngeal diverticula
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The pharyngeal venous plexus drains into what?
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pteryoid plexus
facial vein and internal jugular veins |
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What branches of the facial artery supply the pharynx?
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tonsillar branches of the facial artery
ascending palatine artery and its tonsillar branches |
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The lesser palatine artery supplies what?
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the soft palate
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The dorsal lingual artery supplies what?
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the posterior tongue
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Where does the lesser palatine artery come from?
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The inferior thyroid branch off the thryocervical trunk of the subclavian a
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