Nose

Question: List the organs that make up the respiratory system.

Question: What is the anterior opening of the nose called?

Question: What is the posterior opening of the nose called?

Question: What are the two main parts of the nose?

Question: Where does the external nose project from?

Question: Which parts form the skeleton of the external nose?

Question: Which bones form the boney part of the external nose?

Question: Name the specific cartilages of the external nose.

Question: What is the accessory nasal cartilage?

Question: What type of tissue is found at the lower wings of the nostrils?

Question: How is the nasal cavity divided?

Question: Compare the size of the internal and external parts of the nasal cavity.

Question: What is the extent of the entire nasal cavity?

Question: What are the four boundaries of each half of the nasal cavity?

Question: What structure forms the floor of the nasal cavity?

Question: Which two bones form the hard palate?

Question: Describe the shape of the roof of the nasal cavity.

Question: What forms the intermediate part of the roof of the nasal cavity?

Question: What forms the posterior part of the roof of the nasal cavity?

Question: How many projections (conchae) are on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?

Question: What is the term for the passageway below each concha?

Question: What is the spheno-ethmoidal recess?

Question: Which sinus opens into the superior meatus?

Question: What are the two main features found in the middle meatus?

Question: Which sinus opens onto the bulla ethmoidalis?

Question: Name the three openings found in the hiatus semilunaris.

Question: Which duct drains into the inferior meatus?

Question: What is the function of the nasolacrimal duct?

Question: What is the nasal vestibule?

Question: What is the nature of the nasal septum structure?

Question: Which bone forms the upper part of the nasal septum?

Question: Which bone forms the posterior part of the nasal septum?

Question: What forms the anterior part of the nasal septum?

Question: How does the nose protect the lungs from dust?

Question: What does the nose do to the temperature and moisture of inspired air?

Question: What is the primary organ of smell?

Question: How does the nasal cavity affect the voice?

Question: What are the two types of nasal mucous membranes?

Question: Where is the olfactory mucosa located?

Question: What is the main source of blood supply to the nasal cavity?

Question: Which cranial nerve is responsible for olfaction (smell)?

Question: Which nerve carries general sensation from the nose?

Question: Which nerve innervates the serous glands in the nasal mucosa?

Question: Define paranasal sinuses.

Question: Name the four types of paranasal sinuses.

Question: Which sinus is located directly below the orbit?

Question: Which sinus is located above the eyebrows?

Question: Which sinus is located most posteriorly?

Question: What are the two main functions of paranasal sinuses?

Question: What type of tissue lines the paranasal sinuses?

Question: How is mucus moved from the sinuses into the nose?

Question: What is sinusitis?

Question: What structure is found immediately superior to the cribriform plate?

Question: What is the relationship between the maxillary sinus and the teeth?

Question: Where is the sella turcica in relation to the sphenoid sinus?

Question: What is another name for the nasal conchae?

Question: Which nerve is responsible for the secretion of mucus in the nose?

Question: Where does the frontal air sinus specifically drain?

Question: Where does the sphenoid sinus open?

Question: What is the atrium of the middle meatus?

Question: What is the infundibulum?

Question: Which sinus is located between the orbits?

Question: What forms the anterior part of the roof of the nasal cavity?

Question: What forms the intermediate part of the roof of the nasal cavity?

Question: What is the function of the respiratory mucosa?

Question: What is the primary function of the nasal septum?

Question: What is the "bridge" of the nose?

Question: Where do the posterior ethmoidal air cells open?

Question: Where do the anterior and middle ethmoidal cells open?

Question: What is the soft palate's position relative to the hard palate?

Question: What is the role of the sympathetic innervation in the nose?

Question: Where does the sympathetic innervation of the nose come from?

Question: Which bones form the boney part of the external nose?

Question: What are the apertures in the context of sinuses?

Question: What is the uncinate process?

Question: What is the anterior nasal spine?

Question: What is the incisive canal?

Question: Which sinus is the largest of the paranasal sinuses?

Question: What covers the ethmoid air cells in the lateral wall?

Question: What is the function of the cilia in the respiratory mucosa?

Question: What bone forms the lateral wall of the nasal cavity besides the ethmoid?

Question: What is the clinical significance of the nasolacrimal duct opening?

Question: Which part of the nasal cavity is lined by skin with hairs?

Question: What nerve supplies the bridge of the external nose?

Question: What is the major artery for epistaxis (nosebleed) in the septum?

Question: How many ethmoidal air cells are usually present?

Question: Where does the nasofrontal duct lead?

Question: What is the main sensory nerve for the lower part of the nasal cavity?

Question: What is the main sensory nerve for the upper part of the nasal cavity?

Question: What is the specialized epithelium of the olfactory region?

Question: What is the role of the horizontal plate of the palatine bone?

Question: Why is the maxillary sinus drainage inefficient?

Question: What does "mucoperiosteum" imply about infection spread?

Question: What is the name of the narrowest part of the nasal cavity?

Question: Which concha is an independent bone?

Question: Which conchae are parts of the ethmoid bone?

Question: What prevents large particles from entering the nasal cavity?

Question: What is the purpose of the venous plexuses in the respiratory mucosa?

Question: Which sinus is most commonly affected by sinusitis?

Question: What is the primary goal of studying the paranasal sinuses?