Flashcards in The Nose Deck (21):
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What are the names given to the external openings of the nose?
the nostrils, external nares, or the anterior nares
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What does the nasal cavity open into posteriorly?
the nasopharynx
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What are the names of the openings between the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx?
the choanae, internal nares, or posterior nares
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What is the name given to the part of the external nose located at the nasion?
the root of the nose
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What is the name given to the anteromedian part of the external nose?
the dorsum of the nose
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What is another name for the tip of the external nose?
the apex of the nose
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What is the name given to the rounded sides of the nostrils?
the alae of the nose or the nasal alae
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What is the principal gland covering the nose?
sebaceous glands
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What forms the bridge of the external nose?
the nasal skeleton
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What will the nasal skeleton consist of?
- the nasal bones
- the frontal processes of the maxillae
- the nasal notch of the frontal bone
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What type of tissue forms the major portion of the nose?
hyaline cartilage
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What are the names of the larger pieces of cartilage forming the nose?
- septal cartilage
- lateral nasal cartilage
- major alar cartilage
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What are the bony attachments for the septal cartilage?
- perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
- vomer
- internasal suture of the nasal bones
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What are the bony attachments for the lateral nasal cartilage?
the nasal bones and the frontal process of the maxilla
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What is unique about the attachment of the major alar cartilages?
they lack attachment to bone and attach only to other cartilage
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What branches of the external carotid artery will vascularize the external nose?
- facial a.
- internal maxillary a.
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What branch of the internal carotid artery will vascularize the external nose?
ophthalmic a.
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Which arteries will supply the sides of the nose?
- facial a.
- internal maxillary a.
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Which artery will supply the dorsum of the nose?
ophthalmic a.
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Veins of the external nose typically drain into what vessels?
the pterygoid venous plexus
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