anatomy

Question 1

what is the official name of the anterior faucial arch

Answer 1

palatoglossus

Question 2

what is the official name for the posterior faucial arch

Answer 2

palatopharyngeus

Question 3

what are the palatal tonsils?

Answer 3

lymph tissue between the two arches

Question 4

where is the anterior sulcus?

Answer 4

formed between the lips and maxilla and mandible

Question 5

where is the lateral sulcus?

Answer 5

formed between cheeks and maxilla and mandible

Question 6

in the floor of the mouth, muscles attach from xx to xx

Answer 6

mandible; hyoid bone

Question 7

rank the muscles of the floor of the mouth from deepest to most superficial

Answer 7

geniohyoid
mylohyoid
anterior belly of digastric

Question 8

the roof of the mouth is formed by the xx, xx, and xx

Answer 8

hard palate, soft palate, and uvula

Question 9

the hard palate, soft palate, and uvula separate xx from the xx

Answer 9

nasal cavity; oral cavity

Question 10

the soft palate is pulled down by xx and xx

Answer 10

palatoglossus; palatopharyngeus

Question 11

the soft palate is pulled up by xx and fibers of the xx

Answer 11

levator palatal; fibers of the superior pharyngeal constrictor

Question 12

the tongue is subdivided into oral and pharyngeal tongue by xx

Answer 12

circumvallate papillae

Question 13

oral tongue is under the xx control and pharyngeal tongue is under xx control

Answer 13

cortical; brainstem

Question 14

which glands produce serous fluid?

Answer 14

parotid

Question 15

which glands produce more serous fluid than mucous fluid?

Answer 15

submandibular glands

Question 16

which glands produce more mucous fluid than serous fluid?

Answer 16

sublingual glands

Question 17

what does saliva do?

Answer 17

maintains oral moisture and naturalizes stomach acid that reflux into the esophagus

Question 18

the hyoid bone is suspended in the neck by set of xx

Answer 18

muscles

Question 19

what forms the posterior and lateral wall of the pharynx?

Answer 19

superior, middle, and inferior pharyngeal constrictors

Question 20

what forms the anterior wall of the pharynx?

Answer 20

Pterygoid plates on the sphenoid bone

soft palate
base of tongue
mandible
hyoid bone
thyroid and cricoid cartilages

Question 21

where is the nasopharynx?

Answer 21

top to bottom of hard palate

Question 22

where is the ori-pharynx?

Answer 22

bottom of hard palate to base of tongue

Question 23

where is the laryngo-pharynx?

Answer 23

base of tongue to top of esophagus

Question 24

define valleculae

Answer 24

space between the base of tongue and epiglottis with hyoepiglottic ligament in the middle

Question 25

define pyriform sinuses

Answer 25

spaces between fibers of inferior constrictors and the thyroid cartilage on each side

Question 26

define laryngeal vestibule

Answer 26

bounded by epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, arytenoid cartilage, and superior surface of the false vocal folds

Question 27

what are the three layers or levels that close off the larynx from the pharynx?

Answer 27

epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds arytenoids true vocal folds

Question 28

the larynx and the trachea are suspended in the neck between the hyoid bone and sternum by xx

Answer 28

strap muscles

Question 29

what are the two ends of the esophagus?

Answer 29

UES and LES (upper esophageal sphincter and lower esophageal sphincter)

Question 30

xx has chronic contraction in awake individual to prevent air from entering the esophagus during respiration

Answer 30

UES

Question 31

the UES...

Answer 31

reduces the risk of material backflowing from the esophagus into the pharynx

Question 32

xx: a muscle valve and functions to keep food and stomach acid from entering esophagus from stomach

Answer 32

LES

Question 33

xx sits behind trachea and shares a soft tissue wall with the trachea

Answer 33

esophagus