anatomy

Question 1

what is the pharyngotympanic tube also known as

Answer 1

eustachian tube

Question 2

eustachian tube in kids

Answer 2

shorter and more horizontal

Question 3

what colour is fluid on a CT

Answer 3

grey

Question 4

sore ear, purulent discharge and apparent weakness in left face - possible diagnosis

Answer 4

acute otitis media with facial palsy

Question 5

which nerves exit the skull via the jugular foramen

Answer 5

CN IX, X and XI (glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory)

Question 6

what nerve innervates the sternocleidomastoid

Answer 6

CN XI (spinal accessory)

Question 7

tapping on right maxilla elicits sharp pain on the left

Answer 7

maxillary sinusitis

Question 8

nerve that supplies the internal aspect of tympanic membrane

Answer 8

glossopharyngeal

Question 9

referred pain from pharynx to ear - which nerve?

Answer 9

glossopharyngeal

Question 10

taste in anterior 2/3 of tongue - which nerve

Answer 10

facial nerve, chorda tympani branch

Question 11

which nerve has a problem if there is dryness of nasal and paranasal sinuses and loss of lacrimation

Answer 11

vidian

Question 12

if the aDductor vocal cords are paralysed, what position are the vocal cords stuck in

Answer 12

abducted

Question 13

which is the only muscle that abducts vocal cords

Answer 13

posterior cricoarytenoid

Question 14

which muscle tenses the vocal ligament, increasing the pitch of voice

Answer 14

cricothyroid

Question 15

muscles that work together to aDduct the vocal cords

Answer 15

• lateral cricoarytenoid
• thyroarytenoid
• interarytenoid
• cricothyroid

Question 16

which muscle relaxes vocal ligament

Answer 16

thyroarytenoid

Question 17

what does lingual nerve branch off

Answer 17

CN V3

Question 18

which artery is responsible for most nosebleeds

Answer 18

sphenopalatine

Question 19

young man in RTA, bleeding nose - what is the most likely artery causing the bleed

Answer 19

anterior ethmoid

Question 20

motor innervation to tongue muscles

Answer 20

hypoglossal

Question 21

mass in neck that moves on swallowing

Answer 21

think of a mass on the thyroid gland

Question 22

phases of swallowing

Answer 22

• pre-oral
• oral
• pharyngeal
• oesophageal

Question 23

which nerve is responsible for referred otalgia from the oropharynx

Answer 23

glossopharyngeal

Question 24

what does the stapes footplate sit on

Answer 24

the oval window

Question 25

what innervates tensor tympani

Answer 25

trigeminal nerve

Question 26

what innervates stapedius muscle

Answer 26

facial nerve

Question 27

what is the only thing that drains to the inferior meatus

Answer 27

nasolacrimal duct

Question 28

does the internal carotid artery have any branches in the NECK

Answer 28

no, only in the skull

Question 29

bones of the hard palate

Answer 29

maxilla
palatine

Question 30

which foramen does CN V3 exit the skull through

Answer 30

foramen ovale