Anatomy Associations from Grey

Question 1

Surgical division of the Ansa Cervicalis, what muscle will be paralyzed following the tumor resection?

Answer 1

Sternohyoid (innervated by ansa cervicalis)

Question 2

If there’s a tumor in your posterior triangle and post surgery you cannot lift your ipsilateral arm, which nerve is damaged?

Answer 2

Spinal accessory

Question 3

Innervates the skin over the angle of the jaw?

Answer 3

Greater auricular (C2,3)

Question 4

Innervates skin in the area of the back of the neck and posterior occiput.

Answer 4

Lesser occipital (C2)

Question 5

Innervate the more inferior aspects of the neck, the upper deltoid region, and skin inferior to the clavicles.

Answer 5

Supraclavicular (C3,4)

Question 6

Innervate the anterior and lateral aspects of the neck

Answer 6

Transverse cervical (C2,3)

Question 7

Has a continuously tilted head posture, with the right ear near the right shoulder and the face turned upward and to the left. What muscle is damaged?

Answer 7

SCM (sternocleidomastoid)

Question 8

A midline tracheostomy inferior to the thyroid isthmus would damage what?

Answer 8

Inferior thyroid veins and thyroidea ima artery

Question 9

If the inferior thyroid artery is ligated, what other nerve is most likely injured?

Answer 9

Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 10

Surgical trauma to the innervation of which of the following muscles is most likely to be responsible for the position of the right vocal fold?

Answer 10

Posterior cricoarytenoid

Question 11

What can be targeted for massage to decrease blood pressure. It’s located near the thyroid cartilage?

Answer 11

Carotid sinus

Question 12

Which of the following lymph nodes of the neck is most frequently associated with malignant tumors of the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 12

Left supraclavicular (associated with thoracic duct)

Question 13

What does SCALP represent? And where is the most common place of infection?

Answer 13

S- skin
C-dense connective tissue
A-aponeurosis 
L-loose connective tissue
P-periosteum

Most common place of infections is in the loose connective tissue

Question 14

A 38-year-old woman is admitted to the dental clinic with acute dental pain. The attending dentist found penetrating dental caries (tooth decay) affecting one of the mandibular molar teeth. Which of the following nerves would the dentist need to anesthetize to treat the caries in that tooth?

Answer 14

Inferior alveolar

Question 15

An 11-year-old boy with swollen palatine tonsils is examined by an otolaryngologist. Which of the following arteries supplies most of the blood to these tonsils?

Answer 15

Facial

Question 16

A 45-year-old man was suffering from trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux). The pain was so severe that the patient had considered suicide as a way to escape the pain. Even light, gentle stimuli to the skin between the lower eyelid and the upper lip resulted in severe, agonizing pain. It was decided to lesion the nerve branch involved by injecting alcohol into the nerve. To reach the nerve, the needle will most likely need to be inserted through which of the following openings?

Answer 16

Infraorbital foramen

Question 17

A 65-year-old man is admitted to the emergency department after his head hit the dashboard in an automobile collision. Radiographic and physical examinations reveal that the inferior alveolar nerve is injured at its origin. Which of the following muscles would most likely be paralyzed as a result?

Answer 17

Myohyoid

Question 18

A 6-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital with high fever and pain over the parotid gland (Fig. 7-7). A diagnosis of parotiditis (mumps) is established, and the boy is sent back home. Which of the following nerves is responsible for painful sensations from the region of the parotid gland?

Answer 18

Auriculotemporal (V3)