Pharynx: Basics Flashcards
1
Q
What is the common pathway for food and air?
A
Pharynx
2
Q
What is are the boarders of the pharynx?
A
Superior: Base of the skull
Inferior: Inferior Boarder of the Cricoid Cartilage (at the inferior boarder of the C6 vertebral body)
3
Q
What is the relationship of the pharynx to the oral cavity, nasal cavity, and larynx?
A
Posterior
4
Q
The pharynx is divided into what three parts?
A
1) Nasopharynx
2) Oropharynx
3) Laryngopharynx
