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Hint Answer % Correct
How many parts is the pharynx made up of? 3
100%
The pharynx extends from the base of the skull to the lower border of which cartillage? Cricoid
100%
There are three major parts of the pharynx, nasopharynx, oropharynx and which third? Laryngopharynx
67%
What cranial nerve gives the main supply to the pharyngeal muscles, through its pharyngeal branch? Vagus
67%
What is another name for the cricoid fibres of the inferior cricoid muscle, which have a sphincteric effect? Cricopharyngeus
33%
Oropharynx? Glossopharyngeal
33%
There are four groups which are the pharyngeal tonsil (adenoid), tubal tonsil, palatine tonsil (tonsils) and which fourth found on the posterior surface of the tongue? Lingual tonsil
33%
In what direction do they pull the larynx and pharynx during swallowing? Up
33%
What is the name of the ring that surrounds the entrance of the digestive and respiratory tracts that consists of specialised lymphatic tissue? Waldeyer's
33%
What other cranial nerve is presumed to contribute to the innervation with its motor fibres going into the pharyngeal plexus? Accessory
0%
What nerve supplies the nasopharynx? Maxillary
0%
The inner layer of muscle in the pharynx has three small longitudinal muscles, stylopharyngeus, palatopharyngeus and which third? Salpingopharyngeus
0%
Which ligament, on top of the hyoid bone, does the middle constrictor arise from? Stylohyoid ligament
0%
Which circularly disposed muscle arises from the pterygomandibular raphe, which runs between the pterygoid hamulus and the mandible? Superior constrictor
0%
The inferior constrictor instead connects to cartillage, the cricoid and which other one? Thyroid
0%
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