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| what separates the nasal cavity and the nasal pharynx? |
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what kind of pain can maxillary sinusitis present as?
why? |
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Definition
| dental pain because infraorbital nerve runs through roof of sinus and gives off superior alveolar nerves to the teeth. roots of molars also project into floor of sinus |
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| what is Kiesselbach's area? |
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Definition
| common site for nose bleeds - in anterior septum, highly vascularized with extensive anatomoses |
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Term
| tensor veli palatini, action and innervation |
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Definition
| tenses soft palate and closes oral cavity from nasopharynx during swallowing; opens auditory tube when yawn or swallow. innervated by V3 of trigeminal |
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Term
| levator veli palatini, action and innervation |
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Definition
| elevates soft palate, helps to close oral cavity from nasopharynx during swallowing and open auditory tube when yawn or swallow. innervated by vagus |
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| all soft palate muscles (except tensor veli palatini) are innervated by what? |
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