Anatomy 2

Question 1

Which bones are involved in a base of skull fracture?

Answer 1

The temporal bones

Question 2

What does the petrous part of the temporal bone contain?

Answer 2

The organs of hearing & balance
The facial nerve
The vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 3

What does the eustachian tube connect?

Answer 3

Connects the tympanic cavity to the lateral wall of the nasopharynx

Question 4

Laryngopharyngeal part of throat is supplied by which nerve?

Answer 4

CNX

Question 5

Promotory

Answer 5

Bony swelling on the medial wall formed by the cochlea of the internal ear

Question 6

Symptoms associated with pathology at the internal acoustic meatus?

(CNVII)

Answer 6

ipsilateral loss of facial expression

ipsilateral loss of taste

dry mouth (reduced ipsilateral salivation)

reduced general sensation in the auricle (immediately posterior to the tragus)

Question 7

Symptoms associated with pathology at the internal acoustic meatus? (CNVIII)

Answer 7

ipsilateral loss of hearing (cochlear nerve)

ipsilateral) loss of balance (vestibular nerve