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14 Cards in this Set
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Nasopharynx area |
Base of the skull to soft palate |
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Adenoid tonsils |
Superior most of tonsils, located on posterosuperior nasopharynx |
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Enlarged adenoid tonsils cause |
Glue ear also known as chronic otitis media |
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Muscle present in oropharynx |
Superior constrictor |
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Laryngopharynx extent and continues downward as |
Superior border of epiglottis and inferior border of cricoid. It is continuous inferioly with esophagus |
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Muscle content of laryngopharynx |
Middle and inferior constrictor |
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Piriform fossa |
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Pharyngeal pouch |
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All muscles of pharynx are supplied by ______ except _________ which is supplied by ________ |
Cn x , stylopharengus , cnxi |
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Superior constrictor origin and insertion |
Pterygomandibular ligament, medial pterygoid plate Inserts into pharyngeal tubrcle and median pharyngeal raphe |
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Middle constrictor origin and insertion |
Stylohyoid Pharyngeal raphae |
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Longitudinal muscles of pharynx |
Stylopharengus Palatopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus |
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Vasculature of pharynx |
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What vertebral level marks lower end of pharynx |
C6 |