Pharynx & Larynx

Question 1

boundaries of nasopharynx

Answer 1

base of skull, palate…. choanae to superior constrictor

Question 2

boundaries of oropharynx

Answer 2

palate, above hyoid…. palatoglossal folds to constrictors

Question 3

boundaries of laryngopharynx

Answer 3

hyoid to cricoid….. hyoid to lower border of cricoid

Question 4

tensor palatini attaches here

Answer 4

scaphoid fossa

Question 5

forms jaws, malleus incus

Answer 5

arch 1

Question 6

forms auditory tube, middle ear, auditory meeatus

Answer 6

1st pouch

Question 7

forms stapes, styloid process, stylohyoid ligament, lesser horns of hyoid

Answer 7

2nd arch

Question 8

forms palatine tonsil

Answer 8

2nd pounch

Question 9

forms body and greater horns of hyoid

Answer 9

3rd arch

Question 10

forms thymus and inferior parathyroid

Answer 10

3rd pouch

Question 11

forms thyroid cartilage

Answer 11

4th arch

Question 12

forms superior parathyroid

Answer 12

4th pouch

Question 13

forms laryngeal cartilages

Answer 13

5th arch

Question 14

forms ultimobranchial body which may contribute to thyroid

Answer 14

5th pouch

Question 15

forms arytenoids, cricoid, and tracheal rings

Answer 15

6th arch

Question 16

fascia stripped to see pharynx

Answer 16

buccopharyngeal

Question 17

fascia above superior constrictor

Answer 17

pharyngobasilar fascia

Question 18

muscle coming from medial end of auditory tube to thyroid lamina

Answer 18

salpingopharyngeus

Question 19

4 longitudinal muscles

Answer 19

salpingopharyngeus, palatopharyngeus, stylopharyngeus, stylohyoid

Question 20

longitudinal muscles action

Answer 20

elevate and open csontrictors to begin peristalsis

Question 21

where nerve supply changes… gag reflex

Answer 21

sulcus terminalis/foramen caecum

Question 22

pharyngeal tonsils (aka adenoids)… are located more in the blank

Answer 22

nasopharynx

Question 23

aryepiglottic folds are reinforced by blank which forms tips of arytenoid

Answer 23

corniculates

Question 24

membrane from epiglottis to arytenoid

Answer 24

quadrangular membrane

Question 25

membrane that is infraglottic

Answer 25

conus elasticus

Question 26

space between vocal folds

Answer 26

rima glottidis

Question 27

this abducts vocal folds

Answer 27

posterior cricoarytenoids

Question 28

these adduct vocal folds

Answer 28

transverse/oblique arytenoids, cricothyroids, throarytenoids, lateral cricoarytenoids

Question 29

main function of vocal cords

Answer 29

protect airway

Question 30

fibers in CN IX

Answer 30

GS aud tube, middle ear, posterior 3rd of tongue….
taste posterior 3rd of tongue
motor to stylopharyngeus

Question 31

fibers in CN X

Answer 31

GS - lower half of pharynx to all thorax and abdomen
Taste -
Motor - all pharynx muscles except stylopharyngeus, all muscles of palate (except tensor palatini), all larynx muscles

Question 32

part of thyroarytenoid on the vocal ligaments

Answer 32

vocalis

Question 33

largest sympathetic ganglion in neck

Answer 33

superior cervical ganglion

Question 34

inferior cervical ganglion is near 1st rib and forms this ganglion

Answer 34

stellate

Question 35

pharynx develops from blank and is composed of blank muscles

Answer 35

vagal somites, striated muscles

Question 36

All sympathetically in the neck are blank and the last place they can synapse is in the blank

Answer 36

Postganglionic, superior cervical ganglion