Pharynx - Musculoskeletal - Flashcards

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The Pharynx Flashcards

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Name the three divisions of the common pharynx?
  • Laryngeal pharynx
  • Oropharynx
  • Nasopharynx
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What type of muscle lines the walls of the pharynx?
  • Striated
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Which muscles constrict the pharynx?
  • Hyopharyngeous
  • Pterygopharyngeous
  • Palatopharyngeous
  • Thyropharyngeous
  • Cricopharyngeous
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Which muscle dilates the pharynx?
  • Stlyopharyngeous
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Which muscle shortens the pharynx?
  • Ptergopharyngeous
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Which muscle closes the palatopharyngeal arch?
  • Palatopharyngeous
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Which nerves supply the major innervation to the pharynx?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Stylopharyngeous supplied by the accessory nerve (CN XI)
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Which nerve supplies taste to the pharynx?
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
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The Laryngeal Pharynx Flashcards

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What structure marks the joining of the laryngeal pharynx and the oesophagus?
  • Mucosal Folds
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In which species is the demarcation between the laryngeal pharynx and the oesophagus clearest?
  • Canine
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The floor of the laryngeal pharynx opens into which structure?
  • The larynx
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What type of epithelium lines the laryngeal pharynx?
  • Stratified squamous epithelium
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Oropharynx Flashcards

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Which nerves innervate the oropharynx?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
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Which muscle dilates the oropharynx?
  • Stylopharyngeus
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What type of epithelium lines the oropharynx?
  • Stratified squamous epithelium
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The Nasal Pharynx Flashcards

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In the dorsal region of the nasopharynx, there are paired openings into which structure?
  • Auditory (eustacian) tubes
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What type of epithelium lines the nasopharynx?
  • Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
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