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Pharynx LOs
- Outline the boundaries of the pharynx superiorly to inferiorly and anteriorly to posteriorly.
- What are the three divisions of the pharynx and what are their boundaries?
- What 4 layers make up the pharyngeal wall? Which layer can be seen in isolation superior to the superior constrictor muscle from the back of the pharynx?
Pharyngeal Muscles
- What passes through the gap between superior and middle pharyngeal constrictor?
- What is the function and innervation of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles? What are the attachments of each?
- What is the function and innervation of the longitudinal pharyngeal muscles (palatopharyngeus, stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus)?
- How is the tongue related to the epiglottis and what anatomical connections tether the two structures together?
- What is the laryngeal inlet?
- How does the laryngopharynx anatomically relate to the larynx? Is it located anterior, posterior?
- What structures can be found in the nasopharynx?
- When you look into a patient’s throat, what part of the pharynx do you visualize?
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Swallowing
- Why do you need to elevate the pharynx and larynx during swallowing?
- Outline the 3 stages of swallowing and what muscles are active during each.
- What are choanae? What 2 anatomical areas do these openings communicate between? What bony structure separates the right and left choanae?
- What is the auditory tube and what is its function? What muscles act on it and why are they necessary?
- What is Waldeyer’s ring of lymphoid tissue? What tonsils make it up? Where are these tonsils located?
- What are the fauces? What are the pillars of the fauces? What is the space between them called? What is located in this space?
- What are the piriform recesses and where are they located?