Anatomy

Question 1

Name the bones of the facial skeleton

Answer 1

Inferior nasal concha 
Lacrimal 
Mandible 
Maxilla 
Nasal 
Palatine 
Vomer 
Zygomatic

Question 2

The bones of the facial skeleton give attachment to

Answer 2

muscles of the tongue, mastication and pharynx

Question 3

Muscle responsible for closing the eyelids

Answer 3

Orbicularis oculi

Question 4

Muscle responsible for closing mouth/puckering lips

Answer 4

Orbicularis oris

Question 5

Muscle responsible for wrinkling forehead/raising eyebrows

Answer 5

Frontal belly of occipitofrontalis

Question 6

Muscle responsible for drawing scalp backwards

Answer 6

Occipital belly of occipitofrontalis

Question 7

Muscle responsible for compressing cheeks against teeth

Answer 7

Buccinator

Question 8

Muscle responsible for suckling in neonates

Answer 8

Buccinator

Question 9

Nerve supply to the face is via what nerve?

Answer 9

Facial nerve - CN VII

Question 10

What fibres are contained within the facial nerve

Answer 10

Motor
Sensory (special sensory)
Parasympathetic

Question 11

Facial nerve innervates

Answer 11

muscles of facial expression

Question 12

Branches of the facial nerve

Answer 12

Temporal 
Zygomatic 
Buccal 
Mandibular 
Cervical

Question 13

Function of orbicularis oculi

Answer 13

closes eyelids

Question 14

Function of occipitofrontalis

Answer 14

Frontal belly wrinkles forehead and raises eyebrows

Occipital belly draws scalp backwards

Question 15

Function of orbicularis oris

Answer 15

closes mouth and puckers lips

Question 16

Function of buccinator

Answer 16

compresses cheeks against teeth e.g. blowing

assistant muscle of mastication

Question 17

Identifiable parts of the mandible

Answer 17

mental foramen
mandibular foramen
mylohyoid line
mental spines

Question 18

Muscles of mastication

Answer 18

temporalis
masseter
later pterygoid
medial pterygoid

Question 19

How do you differentiate between the medial pterygoid and masseter muscles at the mandible?

Answer 19

Medial pterygoid is attached to inner surface of mandible, masseter is attached to outer surface

Question 20

Both pterygoid muscles attach to

Answer 20

the lateral pterygoid plate

Question 21

Both pterygoid muscles are parts of the

Answer 21

sphenoid bone

Question 22

What bones form the septum

Answer 22

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone

Vomer