Neck - Pharynx and Larynx

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The soft palate is …. To the hard palate

Posterior

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The nasopharynx ends at the …

Soft palate

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The oropharynx extends from the …

Soft palate →hyoid bone

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The laryngopharynx extends from …

Hyoid → cricoid cartilage

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What makes up the roof of the nasopharynx?

Pharyngeal tonsil

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What makes up the lateral wall of the oropharynx?

Palatine tonsil

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What makes up the roof of the tongue?

Lingual tonsil

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Which pharyngeal muscles are most superficial?

Superior, middle, inferior constrictors

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The Eustachian (auditory) tube extends from …

Inner ear → nasopharynx

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Tensor veli palatini is … to levator veli palatini

Lateral

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What cranial nerves make up the pharyngeal plexus?

Vagus

Glossopharyngeal

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<p>Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action</p>

Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action

Stylopharyngeus

Origin: styloid process

Insertion: thyroid cartilage

Innervation: glossopharyngeal nerve

Action: elevate pharynx and larynx

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<p>Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action</p>

Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action

Palatophryngeus

Origin: soft palate

Insertion: thyroid cartilage

Innervation: pharyngeal plexus

Action: elevate pharynx and larynx

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<p>Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action</p>

Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action

Salpingopharyngeus

Origin: eustachian tube (auditory)

Insertion: palatopharyngeus muscle

Innervation: pharyngeal plexus

Action: elevate pharynx and larynx

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<p>Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action</p>

Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action

Levator veli palatini

Origin: Temporal bone and eustachian tube (auditory)

Insertion: soft palate

Innervation: pharyngeal plexus

Action: elevate soft palate

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<p>Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action</p>

Name the muscle, origin, insertion, innervation, action

Tensor veli palatini

Origin: sphenoid bone and eustachian tube

Insertion: soft palate

Innervation: Mandibular nerve (CN V3)

Action: tenses soft palate

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Where are the parathyroid glands surrounding? Isthmus (thyroid gland)?

inferior and middle constrictors

cricothyroid