Anatomy of the Nose

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What is the shape of the maxillary sinus?

  • Triangular
  • Pyramidal (correct)
  • Circular
  • Rectangular

Which nerve innervates the frontal sinus?

  • Maxillary nerve
  • Facial nerve
  • Ophthalmic nerve (correct)
  • Mandibular nerve

Where do the ethmoidal sinuses drain into?

  • Inferior meatus
  • Spheno-ethmoidal recess
  • Middle meatus (correct)
  • Superior meatus

What is the term for the openings through which the nasal cavity connects posteriorly to the nasopharynx?

<p>Choanae (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which artery is the largest vessel supplying the nasal cavity?

<p>Sphenopalatine artery (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following bones contributes to the bony framework of the external nose?

<p>Frontal bone (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What structure separates the ethmoidal sinuses from the orbit?

<p>Bone plate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of cartilage makes up the alar cartilages in the external nose?

<p>Hyaline cartilage (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which sinus is located under the forehead?

<p>Frontal sinus (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structure divides the nasal cavity into right and left halves?

<p>Septal cartilage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What forms the roof of the nasal cavity?

<p>Ethmoid bone (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which cartilage surrounds the anterior portion of the nasal cavity, just inside the nostrils?

<p>Alar cartilages (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What separates the nasal cavity into right and left halves?

<p>Septal cartilage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone forms the upper part of the nasal septum?

<p>Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which structure elevates to form the dome-shaped Ethmoidal bulla?

<p>Superior concha (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What structure forms a channel that continues as the frontonasal duct?

<p>Hiatus semilunaris (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the lateral wall receives the opening of the sphenoidal air sinus?

<p>Spheno-ethmoidal recess (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where do the nasolacrimal duct and most paranasal sinuses open onto in the nasal cavity?

<p>Middle meatus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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