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Anatomy Mouth to Stomach

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List 4 potential causes of dysphagia   Stroke, Parkinsons disease, MS, mouth/oesophageal cancer  
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What is dysphagia?   Inability or difficulty swallowing  
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Which muscle forms the floor of the mouth?   Mylohyoid  
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What is the vestibule?   The area between the lips and teeth  
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What is the oral cavity?   The area behind the teeth and gums anterior to the oropharynx  
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What are gingivae?   Gums  
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Which nerves supply teeth and gums?   Superior and inferior alveolar nerves  
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Which ligament anchors teeth into their sockets (alveoli)?   Periodontal ligaments  
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What vessel supplies blood to the tongue?   Lingual artery  
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What vessel drains blood from the tongue?   Lingual vein  
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Where does all lymph from the tongue drain to?   Deep cervical nodes  
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Which epithelium covers the tongue and palate?   Non-keratinised squamous  
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Which nerves supply motor innervation to the tongue?   Hypoglossal (CN XII)  
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Which nerve carries taste information from the tongue to the brain?   Chorda tympani branch of facial nerve (CN VII) and glossopharyngeal (CN IX)  
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What is deglutition?   Swallowing  
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What happens in the third stage of swallowing?   A wave of peristalsis moves bolus down the oesophagus  
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Which artery supplies blood to the palate?   Branches of maxillary artery  
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Which nerve supplies sensory innervation to the palate?   Maxillary division of CN V2  
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Which nerves supply motor innervation to the palate?   Pharyngeal plexus  
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Which group of muscles elevate the larynx?   Suprahyoid muscles  
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Which muscles are part of the suprahyoid group?   Mylohyoid, geniohyoid, stylohyoid, digastrics  
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Which group of muscles depress the larynx?   Infrahyoid muscles  
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Which muscles are part of the infrahyoid group?   Sternohyoid, omohyoid, sternothryoid, thyrohyoid  
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Where is the nerve supply to the pharynx derived from?   The pharyngeal plexus  
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Where is the opening of the parotid duct?   The hard palate  
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Where does the submandibular duct/Wherton duct open?   Either side of the lingual frenulum  
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Where is the opening of the sublingual duct?   Beneath the tongue (also known as the ducts of Rivinus)  
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Which nerves pass through the parotid gland?   Facial and great auricular nerves  
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Which arteries pass through the parotid gland?   External carotid, superior temporal and maxillary arteries  
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Which vein passes though the parotid gland?   Retromandibular vein  
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Where is the first oesophageal narrowing?   Cricopharyngeal sphincter (C5)  
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Where is the second oesophageal narrowing?   Aortic arch  
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Where is the third oesophageal narrowing?   L main bronchus  
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Where is the fourth oesophageal narrowing?   Gastrooesophageal junction / cardiac sphincter  
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What are rugae?   Folds in the stomach mucosa  
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List 4 differentials for indigestion   IBS, hiatial hernia, gall stones, peptic ulcer disease  
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At which vertebral level does the oesophagus begin?   C6  
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What type is the oesophageal epithelium?   Stratified squamous  
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Which region of the mediastinum does the oesophagus pass through?   Posterior mediastinum  
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What are the anterior relations of the stomach?   Anterior abdominal wall  
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What are the posterior relations of the stomach?   Spleen, kidney, pancreas, transverse colon  
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What are the superior relations of the stomach?   Diaphragm  
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What is the oesophageal blood supply (in descending order)?   Inferior thyroid artery, branch of thoracic aorta, left gastric artery  
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Where does oesophageal lymph drain to?   Posterior mediastinal and left gastric nodes  
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Where do the veins carrying blood from the stomach drain to?   Portal system  
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Where does lymph from the stomach drain to?   Coeliac nodes  
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