Palatine Tonsils: Position, Relations, And Blood Supply Explained

Palatine Tonsils: Position, Relations, And Blood Supply Explained

Question 1. Palatine tonsil
Answer:

Palatine tonsil Position:

Each tonsil occupies the triangular tonsillar sinus or fossa between palatoglossus and palatopharyngeal arches

Palatine tonsil Relations:

Palatine tonsil Blood supply:

Palatine tonsil Arterial supply:

Palatine tonsil Venous drainage:

• Drains into pharyngeal venous plexus.

Question 2. Superior constrictor of pharynx
Answer:

Superior constrictor of pharynx Origin:

• From the lower part of posterior border of medial pterygoid plate
• From the pterygoid hamulus
• From the posterior border of pterygomandibular raphe
• From posterior end of the mylohyoid line of mandible
• From the side of the tongue

Superior constrictor of pharynx Insertion:

• Inserted into the median raphe on the posterior wall of the pharynx.

Superior constrictor of pharynx Nerve supply:

• It is supplied by the cranial part of accessory nerve through the pharyngeal plexus