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What bones are involved with the palate and pharynx?

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Hyoid
Mandible
Maxilla

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Where is the hard palate found?

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Anterior superior

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What bone makes up the hard palate?

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Maxilla

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Where is the soft palate found?

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Posterior superior

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What are the three parts of the pharynx?

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Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx

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What is the frenulum?

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Membrane linking tounge to floor of mouth

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What vein can be seen on the floor of the mouth?

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Deep lingual vein

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What is the sublingual caruncle?

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Opening for the submandibular salivary gland

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What two muscles make up the floow of the mouth?

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Geniohyoid

Mylohyoid

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Describe the geniohyoid

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Superior of two muscles and runs from the middle of the hyoid to middle of mandible

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Describe the mylohyoid

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Inferior of the two muscles and runs from the whole anterior hyoid to whole of mandible

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What are our three main salivary glands?

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Parotid- Behind ear
Sublingual
Submandibular

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Where is the secretory opening for the parotid glands?

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By upper 2nd molar

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Where is the secretory opening for the submandibular gland?

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Lingual caruncle

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Where is the secretory opening for the sublingual gland?

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Directly superior to them

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What innervates the salivary glands?

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CNVII

Chorda tympani branch for sublingual

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What kind of muscle makes up the tongue?

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Skeletal

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How is the tongue split up?

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Anterior 2/3

Posterior 1/3

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Describe the anterior 2/3 of the tongue

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Horizontal and in oral cavity
General sensory- V3
Taste VII

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Describe the posterior 1/3 of the tongue

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Vertical and not in oral cavity

Taste and sense by CNIX

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What kind of buds do we have on our tongues?

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Foliate- Foliage like
Vallate
Fungiform- Mushroom like
Filiform- temperature and touch. Filament like
22
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What two categories of muscle are associated with the tongue?

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Intrinsic

Extrinsic

23
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What do intrinsic muscles of the tongue do?

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Modify shape of tongue

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What do extrinsic muscles of the tongue do?

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Change the position of the tongue

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What nerve supplies the muscles of the tongue?
CNXII
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How do you test CNXII?
Get them to stick their tongue out
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What is the top of the tongue called?
Dorsum
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What is the area around the teeth called?
GIngiva
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What are the arches of the soft palate made up of?
Skeletal muscle
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What nerve supplies the muscles of the soft palate?
CNX mainly
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What is the function of the soft palate?
Stop food going up the nose | Direct air when speaking
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how do you test CNX?
Look at uvula and it deviates away from damaged side
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What are the muscle layers of the pharynx?
Outer circular | Inner longitudinal
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What nerve innervated the muscles of the pharynx?
CNX
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Where are the tonsils found?
Oropharynx
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What tonsils do we have?
Palatine Lingual Pharyngeal- Adenoids Tubal
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What are the two arches of the soft palate called?
Palatoglossus | Glossopharyngeal
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List the tonsils from superior to inferior
Pharyngeal- Adenoids Tubal Palatine Lingual
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List the important lymph nodes of the head
``` Submental Submandibular Retropharyngeal Jugulodigastric Deep cervical ```
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What is the common name for the larynx?
Voice box
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Where does the larynx start and finish?
Under the hyoid to trachea
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What is the point of the larynx?
Regulate airflow | Prevent aspiration
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What is the larynx made of?
Cartilage jointed by ligaments
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Where is the larynx situated?
Pretracheal fascia
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What is contained in the pretracheal fascia?
``` Strap muscles Thyroid Trachea and larynx Oesophagus and pharynx Recurrent laryngeal N ```
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What parts of the larynx should be palpable?
Hyoid Thyroid cartilage Cricoid cartilage
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What membrane links the hyoid bone to the thyroid cartilage?
Thyroid membrane
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What is an important part of the larynx?
Epiglottis
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What are the three main bits of cartilage in the larynx?
Thyroid Cricoid Arytenoid
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Name some features of the larynx
``` Epiglottis False vocal cord- vestibular fold Vocal cord- vocal fold laryngeal ventricle Infraglottic cavity ```
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What is the rima glottidis?
Space between vocal cords
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Name 4 neck features that should be palpable
Submandibular sal glands Trachea Carotid bifurcation Thyroid

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