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12 Cards in this Set
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Muscular tube that is involved in the digestive tract and airway |
Pharynx |
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Area just below the base of the tongue, just before the epiglottis |
Vallecula |
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Borders of the nasopharynx |
Ant - post choanae Post - basilar part of the occipital bone Lat - eustachian tube Inf - soft palate |
POES |
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Most common site of nasopharyngeal ca |
Fossa of rosenmuller |
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Closes the nasopharunx |
Passavant's ridge |
Anatomic and physiologic ridge |
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Venous drainage of the passavant's ridge |
Sup - pterygoid plexus Inf - pharyngeal plexus |
PP |
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Nerve supply above and below the passavant's ridge |
Above - cn 5 Below - cn 9 and 10 |
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A problem in passavant's ridges causes |
Hypernasal speech |
Type of speech |
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Point of interest in posterior rhinoscopy |
Adenoids |
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Point of interest in indirect laryngoscopy |
Vocal cords |
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Oral contrast that can be given in perforated esophagus |
Gastrograffin, ultravist, isovist |
Except barium |
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Phases of swallowing |
Oral, pharyngeal, esophageal |
OPE |
