Larynx, Pharynx, Sympathetic Trunk Flashcards
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hyoid bone

sphenoid bone

Temporal bone and styloid process

occipital bone


pharyngeal tubercle

mandible

nasopharynx
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oropharynx
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uvula

laryngopharynx
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epiglottis

stylopharyngeus muscle

superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle

middle pharyngeal constrictor

inferior pharyngeal constrictor

glossopharyngeal nerve
- afferent nerve for the pharyngeal constrictor muscles (superior, middle, inferior)
- afferent and efferent for stylopharyngeus muscle

vagus nerve
- efferent nerve for the pharyngeal constrictor muscles

ascending pharyngeal artery
- a branch of the external carotid artery
- blood supply for muscles of the pharynx

thyrohyroid membrane
- larynx
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quadrangular membrane

cricoid ring, thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid ligament, vocal ligament
- recurrent laryngeal nerve goes through the joint where cricoid ring and thyroid cargilage articulate
- recurrent laryngeal nerve is then renamed to inferior laryngeal nerve
conus elasticus
- also called cricothyroid membrane
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cricoid cartilage

corniculate cartilage


