TOPIC 8

Question 1

Function of the Soft Palate

Answer 1

Swallowing
Separating oral and nasal cavity
M.palatinus - Muscular base underneath tissue
M.tensor veli palatini - Tensor
M.levator Veli Palatini - Help lift

Question 2

What to do first?

Answer 2

Clean Hyoid apparatus, remove epihyoid
Cut between 2 cartilages of arytenoid
Cut on ventral border of tongue, and open “cavities”

Question 3

Radix lingua

Answer 3

• Frenulum - Part of “Tongue body”
• Root of tongue - connected to hyoid bone apparatus
• Valate papilla - Sign of division between body and root
• Root of tongue connect to soft palate, palatoglossal fold.
• Sulcus medianus
• Sulcus terminalis

Question 4

Pharyngeal Cavity: Openings

Answer 4

Ostium Tuba Auditiva *2
Choanae *2
Auditus laryngis - Larynx opening
Istmus Faucium
Auditus Oesophageus - Esophagus opening