FINALS: Pharynx

Question 0

Pharynx as a respiratory organ is a muscular passage from the…

Answer 0

Nasal cavity to larynx

Question 1

Pharynx is shared by 2 systems

Answer 1

Respiratory

Digestive

Question 2

Other name of Pharynx

Answer 2

Throat

Question 3

3 regions of the pharynx

Answer 3

Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx

Question 4

Pharynx as a digestive organ is a muscular passage from….

Answer 4

Oral cavity to esophagus

Question 5

Communication bet tympanic membrane and nasal cavity

Answer 5

Opening of eustachian tube

Question 6

Region of pharynx where you can locate opening of Eustachian tube

Answer 6

Nasopharynx

Question 7

Superior region behind nasal cavity

Answer 7

Nasopharynx

Question 8

Middle region

Behind mouth

Answer 8

Oropharynx

Question 9

Inferior region

Attached to larynx

Answer 9

Laryngopharynx

Question 10

Regions of pharynx shared by Respi and Digestive systems.

Common passageway of food and air

Answer 10

Oropharynx

Laryngopharynx

Question 11

Highly flexible

It closes the larynx so that food is only directed to esophagus

Answer 11

Epiglottis

Question 12

Pharynx is suspended from

Answer 12

Base of skull to c6

Question 13

Pharynx lies bet the bodies of the vertebrae and LARYNX between _

Answer 13

c4 to c6

Question 14

Pharynx become continuous with the esophagus at

Answer 14

C6

Question 15

3 types of muscular components of pharynx

Answer 15

Superior
Middle
Inferior constrictors

Question 16

Point of attachment of the muscular components or constrictors of pharynx

Answer 16

Posterior midline raphe or PHARYNGEAL RAPHE

Question 17

Structures assoc to the pharynx

Answer 17

Auditory tubes that enter the nasopharynx
Tonsils 
pharyngeal or adenoids - nasopharynx
palatine-oropharynx 
lingual-base of tongue

Question 18

Not a constrictor because it remains open

Lies behind nasal and oral cavities

Answer 18

Superior constrictor muscle

Question 19

Superior constrictor muscle is assoc to what muscle

Answer 19

Buccinator

Question 20

Superior constrictor muscle:
Origin

Insertion:

Answer 20

O: pterygomandibular raphe

• mylohyoid line of the mandible
• medial pterygoid plate

Insertion:
apex of the petrous of temporal bone and pharyngeal tubercle of the occ bone (basilar part)

Question 21

Constrictor that Lies behind the tongue and larynx

Answer 21

Middle constrictor muscle

Question 22

Constrictor that plays a major role in swallowing

Answer 22

Middle constrictor muscle

Question 23

Inferior constrictor muscle attaches anteriorly to 2 cartilages

Answer 23

Cricoid and thyroid cartilages

Question 24

Constriction or sphincter, which is a boundary bet PHARYNX and ESOPHAGUS

Answer 24

Cricopharyngeus or Pharyngoesophageal constriction

Question 25

Movt done by constrictors

Answer 25

Segmental or peristaltic movt

Question 26

Sensory nerve supply of NASOPHARYNX

Answer 26

Max nerve

Question 27

Sensory nerve supply of OROPHARYNX

Answer 27

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 28

Sensory nerve supply of LARYNGOPHARYNX

Answer 28

Internal laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve

Question 29

Will help stimulate pharynx to proceed to swallowing reflex. Recognize presence of food or air

Answer 29

Sensory innervation

Question 30

Motor innervation of sup and middle constrictor muscles

Answer 30

Pharyngeal branches of the vagus nerve

Question 31

Motor innervation of Inferior constrictor and cricopharyngeus

Answer 31

Recurrent branches of the vagus nerve

Question 32

Swallowing reflex is performed by

Answer 32

Motor fibers and parasympathetic fibers of the vagus nerve

Question 33

Lymph drainage of the pharynx: directly

Answer 33

Directly: Deep cervical lymph nodes Indirectly: retropharyngeal or paratracheal nodes

Question 34

2 masses of lymphoid tissue each Located in the depression on the lateral wall of the oral part of the pharynx between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches

Answer 34

Palatine tonsils

Question 35

Blood supply of the pharynx

Answer 35

Ascending pharyngeal tonsillar branches of the facial arteries Branches of maxillary and lingual arteries

Question 36

The surface of the palatine tonsil is pitted by numerous small openings that lead into the

Answer 36

Tonsillar crypts

Question 37

Lymphoid tissue that surrounds the opening into the respiratory and digestive systems forms a ring

Answer 37

Waldeyers ring of lymphoid tissue

Question 38

Covered by mucous membrane and its free medial surface projects into the pharynx

Answer 38

Palatine tonsils

Question 39

Lateral part of the ring is formed by

Answer 39

Palatine and tubal tonsils

Question 40

Lymphoid tissue around the opening of the auditory tube in the lateral wall of the nasopharynx

Answer 40

Tubal tonsils

Question 41

Forms the upper part of the ring

Answer 41

Pharyngeal tonsil in the roof of the nasopharynx

Question 42

Forms the lower part of the ring

Answer 42

Lingual tonsil - on the post 1/3 of tongue

Question 43

Esophagus is how long

Answer 43

10in or 25cm long

Question 44

Esophagus extends from the

Answer 44

Pharynx to the stomach

Question 45

Esophagus begins at the level of the

Answer 45

Cricoid cartilage | Opp to the body of the c6

Question 46

The esophagus commences in the midline but as it descends through the neck it inclines to what side

Answer 46

Left side

Question 47

Anterior to esophagus

Answer 47

Trachea | Recurrent laryngeal nerves ascend one on each side, in the groove between the trachea and esophagus

Question 48

Posterior to esophagus

Answer 48

Prevertebral layer of deep cervical fascia Longus colli Vertebral column

Question 49

Lateral to esophagus

Answer 49

Lobe of thyroid gland | Carotid sheath

Question 50

Arteries of the esophagus in the neck are derived from the

Answer 50

Inferior thyroid artery

Question 51

Veins drain into the

Answer 51

Inf thyroid vein

Question 52

Lymph drainage in the neck

Answer 52

Deep cervical lymph nodes

Question 53

Nerve supply in the neck is derived from the

Answer 53

Recurrent laryngeal nerve | And sympathetic trunks

Question 54

2 constrictions in the esophagus

Answer 54

Cricopharyngeus constriction | Cardiac constriction