The Pharynx And Palate

Front 1

what does the pharynx link?

Back 1

the oral and nasal cavities to the larynx and esophagus

Front 2

oropharyngeal isthumus

Back 2

posterior opening of the oral cavity

Front 3

what separates the pharynx from the vertebral column

Back 3

loose conn. tissue

Front 4

the soft palate serves to separate what compartments?

Back 4

elevation-closes the pharyngeal isthmus and seals the nasopharynx from the oropharynx
depression-closes the oropharyngeal isthmus and seals off the oral cavity from the oropharynx

Front 5

extensions of the pharyngeal raphe

Back 5

from the pharyngeal tubercle to C6 where it blends with conn. tissue in the posterior esophagus

Front 6

what does the pterygomandibular raphe do?

Back 6

joins the superior constrictor with the buccinator

Front 7

name the constrictor muscles

Back 7

superior, middle and inferior

Front 8

what nerve innervates the constrictors?

Back 8

vagus X

Front 9

anterior attachment of the superior constrictor

Back 9

pterygoid hamulus, pterygomandibular raphe and mandible

Front 10

what muscle from the soft palate blends with the superior constrictor?

Back 10

the palatopharyngeal sphincter

Front 11

anterior attachments of the middle constrictors

Back 11

stylohyoid ligament, hyoid bone

Front 12

anterior attachments of the inferior constrictors

Back 12

thyroid cartilage, cricoid cartilage and the ligament spanning the gap

Front 13

name the longitudinal muscles of the pharynx

Back 13

stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus, palatopharyngeus

Front 14

function of constrictor muscles

Back 14

contract the pharynx and move a bolus down

Front 15

function of the longitudinal muscles

Back 15

elevation of the pharyngeal wall over the food bolus

Front 16

origin of the stylopharyngeus

Back 16

styloid process

Front 17

the stylopharyngeus passes through what muscles?

Back 17

superior and middle constrictors

Front 18

the stylopharyngeus is inn. by what nerve?

Back 18

glossopharyngeal IX

Front 19

origin of the salpingopharyngeus

Back 19

pharyngotympanic tube

Front 20

inn. of the salpingopharyngeus

Back 20

vagus X

Front 21

origin of the palatopharyngeus

Back 21

palatine aponeurosis

Front 22

special function of the palatopharyngeus

Back 22

closing of the oropharyngeal isthmus by depressing the palate and moving the fold toward midline

Front 23

inn. of the palatopharyngeus

Back 23

vagus

Front 24

relationship of pharyngeal fascia

Back 24

thin buccopharyngeal layer on the outside
muscle
thick pharyngobasilar layer on the inside

Front 25

the gap b/w the superior and middle constrictors passes what?

Back 25

stylopharyngeus, internal laryngeal vessels and nerve

Front 26

the recurrent laryngeal nerves and vessels pass deep to what muscle in accessing the larynx?

Back 26

inferior constrictor

Front 27

the ceiling of the nasopharynx is formed by what?

Back 27

sphenoid and occipital bones

Front 28

what lymphoid tissue is in the roof of the nasopharynx?

Back 28

the pharyngeal tonsil

Front 29

the tube in the nasopharynx

Back 29

pharyngotympanic tube with its' fold-torus tubarius

Front 30

boundary of the oral cavity and the oropharynx

Back 30

palatoglossal folds

Front 31

relationship of palatopharyngeal folds to palatoglossal folds

Back 31

posterior and medial

Front 32

where are the palatine tonsils located?

Back 32

the lateral walls of the oropharynx

Front 33

boundaries of the oropharynx

Back 33

inferior soft palate to the upper epiglottis

Front 34

boundaries of the laryngopharynx

Back 34

superior epiglottis to top of the esophagus

Front 35

recesses allowing food and liquid to bypass the laryngeal inlet

Back 35

piriform fossae

Front 36

adenoids

Back 36

pharyngeal tonsils-roof of nasopharynx

Front 37

tonsils visible through oral cavity

Back 37

palatine-posterior to oropharyngeal isthmus

Front 38

location of lingual tonsils

Back 38

posterior 1/3 of tongue

Front 39

additional lymph nodules besides tonsils

Back 39

in pharyngotympanic tube and soft palate

Front 40

major blood supply to the palatine tonsil

Back 40

tonsillar branch of facial artery

Front 41

the superior constrictor mm is pierced by what artery?

Back 41

the tonsillar branch of the facial artery

Front 42

venous drainage of the pharynx

Back 42

superiorly into pterygoid plexus, inferiorly into facial and internal jugular veins

Front 43

lymphatic drainage of the pharynx

Back 43

retropharyngeal, paratracheal and infrahyoid nodes

Front 44

lymphatic drainage of the palatine tonsils

Back 44

jugulodigastric nodes at point where facial vein drains into internal jugular and inferior to posterior belly of digastric mm

Front 45

what forms the pharyngeal plexus?

Back 45

pharyngeal branch of vagus
external laryngeal from vagus
pharyngeal branch from glossopharyngeal

Front 46

only muscle of pharynx not inn. by vagus

Back 46

stylopharyngeus-glossopharyngeal

Front 47

sensory inn. of nasopharynx

Back 47

pharyngeal branch of V2

Front 48

sensory inn. of oropharynx

Back 48

glossopharyngeal

Front 49

sensory inn. of laryngopharynx

Back 49

vagus

Front 50

afferent limb of the gag reflex

Back 50

glossopharyngeal nerve

Front 51

path of glossapharyngeal nerve in pharynx

Back 51

out of jugular foramen, posterior stylopharyngeus then lateral, through gap b/w superior and middle constrictors to posterior tongue