The Roof Of The Nasopharynx

To complete our picture of the bones around the nasopharynx we ll add the cervical vertebrae.

The roof of the nasopharynx.

The upper portion of the pharynx the nasopharynx extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate. The roof of the nasopharynx formed by the underside of the sphenoid and the basal part of the occipital bone slopes downward toward the foramen magnum. Your nostrils open into the nasopharynx. Openings from the nasopharynx.

It s a box like chamber about 1 inches on each edge. C1 and c2 1. Here s the anterior arch of the atlas and here s the odontoid process of the axis. The nasopharynx is the upper part of the throat pharynx that lies behind the nose.

The pharyngeal opening of the eustachian tube is located in the center of the lateral wall 1 2. When you breathe air flows through your nose into your throat and nasopharynx. Where nasopharyngeal cancer forms. The nasal septum divides the cavity into two cavities also known as fossae.

The nasopharynx is the caudal portion of the nasal cavity that connects the nasal cavity to the larynx. The nasopharynx is precariously placed at the base of your skull above the roof of your mouth. It lies just above the soft part of the roof of the mouth soft palate and just in back of the nasal passages. The nasal cavity is a large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.

The choanae are fixed apertures in the roof of the rostral aspect of the nasopharynx either side of the vomer bone. The roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx are formed by the sphenoid sinus the clivus and anterior aspect of the first two cervical vertebrae. Your nostrils open into the nasopharynx. The adenoids also called the pharyngeal tonsils 7 collection of lymphoid tissues are located in the walls and roof of the back of the nasopharynx 8 while there are small lymphocytes accumulating in various places beneath the mucous membrane 6.

When you breathe. It includes the space between the internal nares and the soft palate and lies above the oral cavity. The nasopharynx is an air containing cavity that occupies the uppermost extent of the aerodigestive tract. Roof of the nasopharynx is called the vault or fornix of the pharynx where the mucosa firmly attaches to the sphenoid and pharyngobasilar fascia.

Each cavity is the continuation of one of the two nostrils the nasal cavity is the uppermost part of the respiratory system and provides the nasal passage for inhaled air from the nostrils to the nasopharynx and rest of.