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1
Q

What are choanae?

A

-Choanae are open back walls of nasal cavity at junction with nasopharynx

2
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what are conchae?

A

They protrude airspace

  • covered with mucoperiosteum with a rich blood supply
  • warm and humidify inspired air for maximum olfactory efficiency.
  • the conchae also traps contaminates
3
Q

What are the superior, middle and inferior meati?

A

spaces between conchae and lateral wall of the nasal cavity

4
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What is the sphenoethmoid recess?

A
  • its the space inferior to the wall of cranial fossas and superior surface of superior choncha.
  • site where olfactory nerves are distributed
  • where sphenoid sinus drains
5
Q

What are the paranasal sinuses?

A

are mucorperiosteal lined cavities in bones near nasal cavity and are distrubted into
-frontal
-sphenoidal
-ethmoidal (anterior, mid and posterior) On each side
-maxillary (virtually hollows upper jaw)
they develop with age as they are not seen in new borns.

6
Q

What can you find in the maxillary sinus?

A
Infraorbital canal (Infraorbital a &nerve) runs in roof of sinus
-middle and anterior alveolar nerves run in lateral walls of sinus
7
Q

All sinuses communicate with nasal cavity

A
  • Sphenoid via sphenoethmoidal recess
  • posterior ethmoidal via superior meatus
  • all others communicate with middle meatus
8
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What is the hiatus semilunaris?

A

a curved slit with rounded superior edge known as the ethmoidal bulla. osteum of the maxillary sinus opens in hiatus

9
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What is the infundibulum?

A

opening of frontonasal duct just anterosuperior to hiatus semilunar

10
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What is the nasolacrimal duct?

A

not a sinus but communicates with inferior meatus; excess tears humidify nasal cavity.

11
Q

Special sense nerve

A

See CN I distribution

12
Q

what supplies general sensory to anterior ethmoidal to anterior 1/2 of both medial and lateral walls atrium and vestibule?

A

CN V1