Anatomy Flashcards
Which nerve supplies both taste and somatic sensation to a part of the tongue?
Accessory
CN IV innervates which of the following extra-ocular muscles?
Superior oblique
Function of superior oblique
ABduct and depress the eyeball
What signs would a lesion on the short ciliary nerve cause?
Mydriasis (persistent pupillary dilation) due to the loss of parasympathetic and sympathetic input to the ciliary body and pupillary sphincter muscles of the iris
Innervation of sensory aspect of lateral foot
Sural nerve
Minimally reduced flexion, extension and abduction of the shoulder indicates injury to which nerve
Axillary
- loss of deltoid and teres minor function
Where is brachial artery located in cubital fossa?
Lateral to median nerve
Where does venous blood from female bladder drain to?
Vesicouterine plexus
What is the origin of the vagus nerve?
Medulla of brainstem
Where do greater sphlanchnic nerves arise from?
Sympathetic fibres of T5-T9
Cavernous sinus thrombosis would result in palsy of which cranial nerves?
CNs III, IV, V and VI
At what vertebral level does the inferior thyroid artery enter the thyroid?
C6
Location of great saphenous vein at ankle
Immediately anterior to medial malleolus
Where does the axillary artery become the brachial artery?
Distal to lateral border of teres major
What is the odd one out of the laryngeal muscles?
Cricothyroid
- only one innervated by superior laryngeal
- only one on anterior neck
