1 Overview Flashcards
Waldeyer’s Ring
Ring of Tonsils Andenoid Tubal Palatine Lingual
Mallampati Score
1-4
no phonation
Glossoptosis
collapse of oropharynx
tongue drops posteriorly
micrognathia
small jaw, mandible
prognathism
protruding jaw
Larynx: Positioning in Adults & Infants
Adult: between C3-6
Infant: C3-4
Normal A-O extension
35 degrees
3 compartments of Larynx
Supraglottis
Glottis
Infraglottis
Narrowest Portion of Airways
Adult & Peds
Adult: glottis
Peds: 1st cricoid ring
Larynx: 3 unpaired cartilages
Epiglottis
Thyroid
Cricoid
Larynx: 3 Paired Cartilages
Arytenoid
Corniculate
Cuneiform
Extrinsic Larynx Muscles
move larynx position during swallowing
attach larynx to bone
Intrinsic Larynx Muscles
1.) alters shape & size
- ) move true vocal cords
- cricothyroid (SLN) tensor of VC
- thryoarytenoid- relaxor
- posterior cricoarytenoid - abductor
Laryngeal Membranes
Thyrohyoid
Quadrangular
Cricothyroid
Superior Laryngeal Nerve
- Extension of Vagus (CNX)
- Internal = sensory –> LARYNGOSPASM
- External = innervation of cricothyroid muscle
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
- Extension of Vagus (CNX)
- L side passes around aortic arch
- provides sensory innervation to infraglottis & all of larynx except cricothyroid
Direct Laryngoscopy Grades 1-4
1: full view
2: some view, can see arytenoids
3: only see epiglottis
4: can’t see shit
Sellick Maneuver
pressure to cricoid ring to close of esophagus and better visualize airway
Tracheal Anatomy
20-25 c-shaped cartilages
C6-T5, divides into branchse at T5-7
Carina
~25 cm below teeth
Bronchial Tree
R mainstem is straighter, larger, high incidence of aspir
Conducting Airways
anatomical deadspace
ends at respiratory bronchiole (where some exchange does take place)
Acinus
sum of all gas exchange segments
How does gas exchange occur at alveoli?
Simple Diffusion (high to low)