Nasal and Oral Cavity Flashcards
(116 cards)
what separates the nasal cavity from the anterior cranial fossa?
the perforated cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
lateral to the upper half of the nasal cavity
ethmoidal air sinus and lateral to that is the MEDIAL wall of the orbit
lateral to the lower half of the nasal cavity
maxillary air sinus
below floor of nasal? what separates it
oral cavity and the hard palate forms a common partition separating the oral cavity from the nasal cavity below - they share an inferior and superior border
what is the nasal cavity continuous with posteriorly?
pharynx - nasopharynx
bones that make up the roof of the nasal cavity
cartilages - see better in anterior view
nasal bones
nasal spine of frontal bone
cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
anterior and inferior aspects of the body of the sphenoid bone
bones making up floor of nasal cavity
palatine process of the maxilla
horizontal plates of palatine bone
bones making up the medial wall of the nasal cavity
formed by the nasal septum components of the nasal septum are: septal cartilage perpendicular (vertical) plate of ethmoid bone vomer
bones making up the lateral wall of the nasal cavity
maxilla
ethmoid bone - which provides the superio and middle conchae
inferior conchae
palatine bone
ethmoid bone contribution to the conchae
superior and middle conchae
T/F the inferior concha is its own bone
TRUE - the superior and middle are formed by the ethmoid bone
nasal conchae - general
superior middle and inferior and they divide the nasal cavity into four passages
four passages in the nasal cavity
sphenoethmoidal recess
superior meatus
middle meatus
inferior meatus
what is the lateral wall of the nasal cavity covered with?
with respiratory epithelium
drainage in the nasal cavity - GENERAL
secretions from the orbit and paranasal sinuses drain into the nasal cavity through openings in the lateral wall
tears produced by the lacrimal glands?
removed from the orbit by the nasolacrimal apparatus - the NASOLACRIMAL DUCT drain to the INFERIOR MEATUS
inferior meatus receives drainage from?
nasolacrimal duct - tears produced drain
hiatus semilunaris
curved depression found in the middle meatus - DRAINS the anterior ethmoidal sinus, frontal sinuses, and the maxillary sinus
bulla ethmoidalis
swelling on the superior border of the haitus semilunaris
DRAINS the middle ethmoidal sinuses
superior meatus drains?
posterior ethmoidal sinuses drain into the superior meatus
spenoethmoidal recess drains?
spenoid sinus
NG tube clinical correlation
since the nasal cavity is continuous posteriorly with the nasopharynx - it is ultimately connected to the esophagus and thus stomach - so passing a nasogastic tube from the nasal cavity to the stomach is a common procedure to provide nutrients to a pateint that is a critical condition
path that you should put an NG tube in
from the nasal cavity you want to go STRIAGHT BACK HORZONTALLY to reach the nasopharynx but want to stay MEDIAL in the nose - to avoid the less smooth lateral walls of the nasal cavities that have the conchae
ALONG FLOOR OF NOSE AND ADVANCE PARALLEL TO NASAL FLOOR –> nasopharynx will be met –>
complicatoins of an NG tube placement
perforation of the esophagus
misplacement in the airway (tracheobronchial placement)
cranial displacement - due to a potential fracture in the ethmoid bone of the skull - can go through the cribriform plate and into cranial cavity