Pharynx

Question 1

What structures lie between the Sup constrictor and skull?

Answer 1

Levator Palati

Auditory Tube

Question 2

What structures lie between the Sup and Mid Constrictors?

Answer 2

CN IX

Stylopharyngeus M

Question 3

What structures lie between the Mid. And Inf. Constrictor?

Answer 3

Superior Laryngeal N.

Internal Laryngeal N.

Question 4

What lies within the nasopharynx?

Answer 4

Pharyngeal Tonsil (Adenoids)

Opening of Auditory Tube

Question 5

What lies within the oropharynx?

Answer 5

Palatine Tonsils

Palatoglossal Arch

Valleculae - depressions

Question 6

What lies within the laryngopharynx?

Answer 6

Piriform Recess

Question 7

What is the motor innervation of the pharynx?

Answer 7

All X

Except Stylopharyngeus (IX)

Question 8

What is the sensory innervation to the pharynx?

Answer 8

Nasopharynx - VII

Oropharynx - IX

Laryngopharynx - X

Question 9

What arteries provide blood supply to the pharynx?

Answer 9

Ascending Pharyngeal

Facial

Lingual

Maxillary

Question 10

What veins drain the pharynx?

Answer 10

Pharyngeal plexus to the internal jugular

Question 11

What lymph nodes lie within the pharynx?

Answer 11

Deep Cervical Nodes

Question 12

What two places can food get stuck when trying to swallow that may feel like choking?

Answer 12

Valleculae in the posterior tongue

Prirform recesses, lateral to the opening of the larynx