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What is the importance of the fact that the pharyngotympanic tubes and the sinuses drain nto the nasal cavities an nasopharynx?
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∙ 12y ago
the mucosae of these two regions are continuous, so ear infections may follow a core throat or other types of pharyngeal infections.
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In terms of general health what is the importance of the fact that the auditory tubes and the sinuses drain into the nasal cavaties and nasopharynx?
It is important that the auditory tubes and the sinuses drain into the nasal cavities and nasopharynx because otherwise they would become blocked with mucus and prevent respiration.
Mucous membrane-lined cavities are called?
Sinuses
Are sinuses air filled cavities in the skull?
No, they are not.
What is an air space in the skull of the bone called?
SINUSES
Mucous membrane lined cavities called?
Sinuses
How many cavities does the skull have?
The cranial cavity is the primary cavity of the skull; it contains the brain. In addition, the skull has four other pairs of cavities called sinuses. They are the frontal sinuses, maxillary sinuses, sphenoid sinuses, and ethmoid sinuses.
Do humans have sinus cavities at the base of their neck?
If by sinus cavities you mean the confluences of the sinuses, then Yes
What are the cavities in the brain called?
The ventricles are cavities within the brain that connect with each other, with the subarachnoid space of the meninges and with the central canal of the spinal cord.
The air-filled cavities in your facial bones are called?
sinuses.
Cavities in the thick bones of the face?
often called Sinuses
What are the air filled cavities in the skull?
Frontal Sinuses.....
How an infection in the nasopharynx can also result in an infection in the paranasal sinuses and the middle ear?
They are all connected. The nasopharynx is connected posterior and inferiorly to the paranasal sinuses and is connected to the middle ear by the auditory (Eustachian) tubes. The mucous membranes of the nose, paranasal sinuses, pharynx, and middle ear are all connected by ducts. Infections can spread through all those areas.
