RANZCR Syllabus
Category 1
Nil
Category 2
• Sphenopalatine artery
• Anterior and posterior ethmoidal
arteries
• Venous drainage
Nil
Category 2
• Sphenopalatine artery
• Anterior and posterior ethmoidal
arteries
• Venous drainage
Arterial supply |
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| CATEGORY 2SEP 2007 | APR 2008 | SEP 2009 |
Mainly supplied by the internal and external carotid arteries and their associated branches.
External Nose
- supplied by facial artery with anastomoses from supraorbital and supratrochlear arteries.
Nasal Cavity
Lateral Wall
- Superior lateral nasal wall: anterior and posterior ethmoidal arteries
- Upper parts of lateral wall: Branches of the ophthalmic artery
- Inferior and middle turbinates: sphenopalatine artery
- Posterior lateral nasal wall: pharyngeal artery
Septum
- Anteriorly: greater palatine artery
- Postero-inferiorly: sphenopalatine artery
- Superiorly: anterior and posterior ethmoidal branches
Floor
- Greater palatine and superior labial arteries