Quest1 Flashcards
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Is the region of the body that lies between the lower margin of mandible above suprasternal notch and upper border of clavicle below
Neck
It is strengthened by the cervical part of vertebral column, which is convex forward and support the skull.
Neck
Part of Respiratory system of the neck
(2) answers
Larynx and Trachea
Part of Alimentary or Digestive System of the neck (2) answer
Pharynx and Esophagus
The natural lines of cleavage of the skin are constant and run almost horizontally around the neck. This is important clinically because-an incision along a cleavage line will heal as narrow scar, where as one that crosses the lines will heal as a wide or heaped up scar
Skin of the neck
Is composed of a series of compartments, which are formed by bone and soft tissues
Head
5 bones and tissues of the head
- cranial cavity
- ears
-orbits
-nasal cavity
-oral cavity
Largest compartment that contains the brain
Cranial cavity
Associated members of the cranial cavity
Meninges
Simply, it composed of roof and floor
Cranial cavity
_ contain the eyes
Orbits
Cone-shaped chambers immediate inferior to the anterior aspect of the cranial cavity, and the apex of each cone is directed posteromedially
Orbits
The walls of this are the bones, whereas the base of each chamber can be ope and closed by the eyelids
Orbits
Are upper parts of the respiratory tract and are between the orbits
Nasal cavity
Have walls, floor, ceilings, which are predominantly composed of the bone and cartilage
Nasal cavity
Anterior openings of the nasal cavities are?
Nares (nostrils)
Posterior openings of the nasal cavity is?
Choanae (posterior nasal apertures)
Continues with the nasal cavities that are air-fiiled extension
Paranasal sinuses
Project laterally, superiorly, and posteriorly into surrounding bones.
Paranasal sinuses
The largest, the maxillary sinuses are inferior to the orbits
Paranasal sinuses of nasal cavity
Is inferior to the nasal cavities and separated from them by the hard and soft palates
Oral cavity
The oral cavity floor is formed by?
Soft tissues
Anterior opening of the oral cavity
Oral fissure
Posterior opening of the oral cavity
Oralpharyngeal isthmus