Session 11 lecture pharynx and soft palate

1. Describe the shape, parts, and surfaces of the soft palate and the folds extending from it
2. Name the groups of muscles acting on the soft palate and their actions
3. Summarize the motor & sensory supply of the soft palate and its valve like action
4. Appraise the role of levator veli palatini in vagal nerve examination
5. Outline the location, communication and the composition of the pharynx
6. Recall the muscles and fascia forming the pharyngeal wall
7. Review the gaps in the pharyngeal wall and structures passing through
8. Describe the three parts (subdivisions) of the pharynx
9. Appraise the clinical importance of the close relation of the pharynx to skull base
10. Define adenoids and describe their applied anatomy
11. Discuss the location, venous drainage, and lymphatic drainage of the palatine tonsils
12. Outline the clinical importance of peritonsillar space
13. Define the gag reflux and outline its limbs and clinical significance
14. Explain the difference in response to irritation between oropharynx and valleculae
15. Review the piriform fossa & its importance as a possible site of foreign body lodgment
16. Outline the different parts of the Waldeyer’s ring and its clinical importance
17. Describe the retro- and parapharyngeal spaces and their and their extensions