Tonsils

Question 1

What is the common name from the pharyngeal tonsil when it is enlarged?

Answer 1

Adenoid tonsil

Question 2

What is the name of the collection of lymphoid tissue in the submucosa of the pharynx near the nasopharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube?

Answer 2

Tubal tonsils

Question 3

Which tonsil exists in the posterior wall of the nasopharynx?

Answer 3

Pharyngeal tonsil

Question 4

Which tonsils exist on each side of the oropharynx between the palatine arches?

Answer 4

Palatine tonsils

Question 5

Where is the lingual tonsil located?

Answer 5

Posterior part of the tongue

Question 6

The palatine tonsils receive blood supply from the tonsillar artery. Where does this vessel arise from?

Answer 6

The facial artery

Question 7

What is the name of the antigen capturing cells on the surface of the tonsils?

Answer 7

M cells

Question 8

What type of antibody is produced by the B cells in the tonsils?

Answer 8

IgA antibody

Question 9

What type of epithelium exists in the nasopharynx?

Answer 9

Respiratory epithelium

Question 10

What type of epithelium exists in the oropharynx and laryngopharynx?

Answer 10

Non-keratinising stratified squamous epithelium

Question 11

What are the boundaries of the oropahrync?

Answer 11

The edge of the soft palate superiorly
the tip of the epiglottis inferiorly
the palatoglossal fold anteriorly

Question 12

What muscle resides within the palatoglossal fold between the soft palate and side of the tongue?

Answer 12

Palatoglossal muscle

Question 13

At what level does the laryngopharynx become continuous with the oesophagus?

Answer 13

C6

Question 14

What is the name of the fold which separates the pharynx and larynx?

Answer 14

Ariepiglottic fold

Question 15

What is the name of the projection of cartilage into the nasopharynx from the Eustachian tube?

Answer 15

Tubal elevation

Question 16

What is the name of the lymphoid tissue which lies in the mucosa overlying the tubal elevation?

Answer 16

Tubal tonsil

Question 17

What is the collective name from the ring formed by the pahryngeal, tubal, palatine and lingual tonsils?

Answer 17

Waldeyer’s ring

Question 18

Which tonsil exists on the back wall of the nasopharynx?

Answer 18

Pharyngeal tonsil

Question 19

The palatine tonsils sit in the tonsillar fossa which exists between which two folds?

Answer 19

Palatoglossal fold and palatopharyngeal fold

Question 20

The deep part of the pharyngeal recess in the nasopharynx is close to which artery?

Answer 20

Internal carotid artery

Question 21

Where do the lingual tonsils reside?

Answer 21

Posterior 1/3 of tongue

Question 22

What is the name of the deep recess between the tongue and epiglottis?

Answer 22

Vallecula

Question 23

What is the name of the recess at the beginning of the laryngopharynx?

Answer 23

Pyriform fossa

Question 24

What are the names of the ossicle bones of the middle ear?

Answer 24

Malleus, incus, Stapes

Question 25

What features of the external ear help to prevent foreign material entering the ear?

Answer 25

Hair and cerumen in the external acoustic meatus

Question 26

What is the name of the ligament which holds the stapes in place?

Answer 26

Annular ligament

Question 27

The Eustachian tube is composed of bone medially and cartilage laterally. T/F?

Answer 27

False - it is the other way around

Question 28

What is the name of the superior part of the middle ear where the mastoid air cells reside?

Answer 28

Mastoid antrum

Question 29

Infection or surgery in the middle ear can affect which cranial nerve?

Answer 29

Facial nerve

Question 30

What is the name of the most concave part of the tympanic membrane to which the bottom of the handle of the malleus articulates with?

Answer 30

Umbo

Question 31

A cone of light is seen when looking at the tympanic membrane through an auriscope. Is this an anatomical finding?

Answer 31

No this is just a reflection from the auriscope