Anatomy of the upper airway

Derek J. Lam

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-99653-2.00001-8

Anatomy of the upper airway

Derek J. Lam

Otolaryngology

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The anatomy of the upper airway in children can be divided into five distinct regions: the nasal airway, the nasopharynx, the oral cavity, the oropharynx, and the hypopharynx. Each of these regions comprises structures that can impact the patency of the airway during sleep. These include relatively fixed structures like the inferior turbinates or pharyngeal lymphoid tissue that can potentially be obstructive and structures prone to dynamic collapse like the soft palate, tongue base, and supraglottis. Knowledge of these structures is essential in understanding therapeutic modalities to treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea in children.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	3-13
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323996532
ISBN (Print)	9780323996549
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99653-2.00001-8
State	Published - Jan 1 2023

Keywords

Anatomy
obstructive sleep apnea
tonsils and sleep disordered breathing
upper airway

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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