NASAL CAVITY

ANTERIOR

POSTERIOR Nasal Cavity: Respiratory Hyaline cartilage and bone Seromucous glands Respiratory Nasal Cavity: Olfactory Bone Bowman's glands (serous)

REGION

Nasal Vestibule

SUPPORT

Hyaline cartilage Sebaceous and sweat glands Stratified squamous keratinized

GLANDS

EPITHELIUM

(pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium)

Olfactory Olfactory, sustentacular, and basal Olfactory vesicle

CELL TYPES

Epidermal

Basal, goblet, ciliated, brush, and serous Erectile-like tissue

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Vibrissae

RESPIRATORY
Richly vascularized Lymphoid elements (1) lymphoid nodules, (2) mast cells, (3) plasma cells Plasma cells (1) IgA, (2) IgG, (3) IgE

OLFACTORY REGION
60um thick Bowmans glands fluid-secreting gland Vascular plexus Olfactory epithelium (1) olfactory cells, (2) sustentacular, (3) basal

PHARYNX
Begins at the CHOANA and extends to the opening of the LARYNX NASOPHARYNX respiratory epithelium (pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium) ORAL & LARYNGEAL PHARYNX stratified squamous epithelium PHARYNGEAL TONSIL posterior aspect of the nasopharynx, encapsulated collection of lymphoid tissue, respiratory epithelium

INLET OF THE LARYNX

Inlet looks backward and upward into the laryngeal part Opening is wider in front than behind and is bounded by: Anteriorly Epiglottis Laterally Aryepiglottic fold or mucous membrane Posteriorly Arytenoid cartilages with the corniculate cartilages Cuneiform cartilage lies within and strengtens the aryepiglottic fold ; produces small elevation on the upper border