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NOSE, MOUTH, THROAT, PHARYNX

BEFORE CLASS:  BACKGROUND AND PREPARATION
  1. Preview text chapters, lab manual, Powerpoint presentations, web resources
  2. Print out handouts for this section of course

 

GOALS PRESENTATIONS ACTIVITIES
  1. Learn the functional anatomy of the mouth, nose, throat region
  2. Appreciate how air passes through this region during breathing and food/water during chewing/swallowing.

Head and Neck II:  Pharynx--Sagittal section

Head and Neck II:  Pharynx--Details 

  • Bisect fetal pig heads to see nasal, mouth, throat region and relationship between pathway for air and pathway for food/water.  View and compare same region on human cadaver.
  • Swallowing and Chewing Surface Anatomy and Function Demonstration with Wish List for bissected head [Word download]

WEB RESOURCES

  • Tour of the Ear, Nose, and Throat from Singapore General Hospital [link]

  • Singing for Snorers [link]

  • Swallowing Details [link]

  • Great article with details of oral cavity, pharynx, upper esophagus, cranial nerves, function and physiology [link]

 

DETAILED LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  1. Integrate the entry and exit of food/water (respiratory and swallowing) with your understanding of the anatomy of the mouth, nose, and throat regions.
  2. Illustrate the details of the anatomy of the nasal, mouth, pharynx and larynx regions.
  3. Describe the structure, function and location of the following:  nasal cavity; pharyngeal region; oral cavity; glands including salivary, thyroid, tonsils, tear; muscles of tongue, chewing, facial expression.
  4. Understand sensory input and motor output, via cranial nerves, to the mucous linings and muscles of the nose, mouth and throat regions.

 

 

 

 


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