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Anatomy of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Anatomy of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
ANATOMY OF
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY –
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
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OBJECTIVES
TO
DISCUSS THE BASIC ANATOMY RELEVANT IN
ORL-HNS
EAR (EXTERNAL, MIDDLE, INNER)
NOSE AND PARANASAL SINUSES
ORAL CAVITY
PHARYNX (NASO/ORO/HYPOPHARYNX)
LARYNX
NECK
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EAR
EXTERNAL EAR
MIDDLE EAR
INNER EAR
EAR CANAL
Lateral 1/3 is cartilaginos (cerumen glands and hair follicles)
Medial 2/3 are bony (no cerumen or hair follicles)
The blood supply for the auricle are the branches of ECA:
superficial temporal artery and posterior auricular
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PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS OF
OUTER EAR
Acidic pH 6.0-6.5
NASOPHARYNX
Lateral wall: the cartilage of the eustachian tube , the torus tubarius
Anterior: posterior choanae
Posterior: superior pharyngeal constrictor
Superior: posterior body of the sphenoid, basilar component of the occipital bone,
and anterior arch of the atlas
OROPHARYNX
Anterior: base of the tongue, vallecula, glossoepiglootic fold
Posterior: pharyngeal mucosa
Lateral: tonsil, palatopharyngeal and palatoglossal folds
HYPOPHARYNX: 3 PS
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LYMPHATIC
DRAINAGE
•Nasopharynx:
retropharyngeal nodes
•Oropharynx:
jugulodigastric nodal
group (levels II and III)
•Hypopharynx: upper
cervical nodes
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ORAL
CAVITY
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PHARYNX
LARYNX
Unpaired cartilage
1. Epiglottis
2. Thyroid cartilage
3. Cricoid cartilage
Paired cartilages:
1. Arytenoids
2. Corniculate
3. Cuneiforms
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NECK