Cadaver Head & neck Flashcards

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  1. Coronal suture
  2. Sphenoid bone (greater wing)
  3. Articular tubercle (temporal bone)
  4. Mental foramen
  5. Squamosal suture
  6. External acoustic meatus
  7. Mastoid process
  8. Angle of the mandible
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  1. Supraorbital notch (foramen)
  2. Superior orbital fissure
  3. Middle nasal concha (turbinate)
  4. Inferior nasal concha (turbinate)
  5. Frontonasal suture
  6. Nasal septum (vomer)
  7. Ramus of mandible
  8. Mental foramen
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Following severe head trauma, a patient has oedema within the superior orbital fissure. Which one of the following nerves would not likely be affected by such swelling?

A. Trochlear

B. Oculomotor

C. Maxillary

D. Frontal

E. Nasociliary

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C. Maxillary

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  1. Optic canal
  2. Lateral pterygoid plate of pterygoid process
  3. Pterygoid hamulus
  4. Superior orbital fissure
  5. Foramen rotundum
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  1. Lesser wing of sphenoid bone
  2. Sphenoidal sinus
  3. Pterygoid canal
  4. Pterygoid hamulus
  5. Orbital surface of greater wing of sphenoid
  6. Foramen rotundum
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Following head trauma, a CT scan reveals a fracture that passes through the foramen rotundum. Which of the following would not be consistent with transection of the nerve that passes through this canal?

A. Loss of salivation from the parotid gland

B. Decreased tearing

C. Decreased nasal secretions

D. Decreased taste from hard palate

E. Decreased taste from soft palate

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A. Loss of salivation from the parotid gland

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  1. Occipital condyle
  2. Pharyngeal tubercle
  3. External occipital protuberance
  4. Condylar canal
  5. Foramen magnum
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In a patient with a tumour compressing the structures that pass through the foramen magnum, you would expect to see which of the following in addition to neurological signs affecting the torso and limbs?

A. Difficulty speaking

B. Difficulty swallowing

C. Reduced blood supply to the brain

D. Decreased hearing acuity

E. Decreased CSF pressure

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C. Reduced blood supply to the brain

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  1. Squamous part of temporal bone
  2. Zygomatic process of temporal bone
  3. Mandibular fossa
  4. External acoustic meatus
  5. Mastoid process
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  1. Zygomatic process of frontal bone
  2. Anterior ethmoidal foramen (canal)
  3. Posterior ethmoidal foramen (canal)
  4. Supraorbital notch
  5. Orbital plate of frontal bone
  6. Ethmoidal notch
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A 28-year-old male boxer was punched in the face, and the bones comprising his zygomatic arch were fractured. Some of the bone fragments were now embedded in the muscle directly deep (medial) to the arch. This muscle is:

A. Temporalis

B. Masseter

C. Zygomaticus major

D. Lateral pterygoid

E. Medial pterygoid

A

A. Temporalis

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  1. Frontal crest
  2. Cribriform plate of ethmoidal bone
  3. Lesser wing of sphenoidal bone
  4. Foramen rotundum
  5. Foramen spinosum
  6. Jugular foramen
  7. Anterior clinoid process
  8. Sella turcica (hypophysial fossa)
  9. Groove for superior petrosal sinus
  10. Diploë
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  1. Sagittal suture
  2. Lambdoid suture
  3. External occipital protuberance
  4. Parietal foramen
  5. Lambda
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  1. Incisive fossa
  2. Palatine process of maxilla
  3. Horizontal plate of palatine
  4. Choanae
  5. Greater palatine foramen
  6. Lesser palatine foramen
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A dentist is about to inject an anaesthetic solution through the incisive foramen to anaesthetize the anterior part of the hard palate. The nerve that passes through this foramen is a branch of the:

A. Lateral nasal nerve

B. Facial nerve

C. Lingual nerve

D. Nasopalatine nerve

E. Glossopharyngeal nerve

A

D. Nasopalatine nerve

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  1. Orbital plate of ethmoid bone (lamina papyracea)
  2. Fossa for lacrimal sac
  3. Infraorbital foramen
  4. Anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramina
  5. Greater wing of sphenoidal bone
  6. Inferior orbital fissure
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  1. Condylar process
  2. Articular tubercle
  3. Mandibular notch
  4. Angle of mandible
  5. Zygomatic bone
  6. Coronoid process
  7. Mental foramen
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QUESTION A 36-year-old female patient is having difficulty opening her mouth against resistance. You suspect damage to which of the following muscles attach to the mandibular condyle?

A. Medial pterygoid

B. Lateral pterygoid

C. Anterior belly of digastric

D. Buccinator

E. Masseter

A

B. Lateral pterygoid

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  1. Lateral pterygoid muscle
  2. Medial pterygoid muscle
  3. Posterior belly of digastric muscle
  4. Masseter muscle
  5. Temporal muscle
  6. Parotid duct (cut)
  7. Buccinator muscle
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While chewing, a 47-year-old male patient is continually getting food stuck between his teeth and cheek on the left side of his mouth. You suspect that his left buccinator may be paralyzed. This muscle is innervated by which of the following nerves?

A. Lingual

B. Facial

C. Glossopharyngeal

D. Deep temporal

E. Vagus

A

B. Facial

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  1. Temporal muscle
  2. External acoustic meatus
  3. Masseter muscle
  4. Zygomatic arch
  5. Temporomandibular joint
  6. Buccinator muscle
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A patient is suspected to have a facial nerve palsy (Bell’s palsy). Which of the following muscles would not be affected?

A. Buccinator

B. Orbicularis oculi

C. Temporalis

D. Orbicularis oris

E. Platysma

A

C. Temporalis

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  1. Lateral pterygoid muscles
  2. Medial pterygoid muscle
  3. Temporomandibular joint
  4. Mandible
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  1. Frontal belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
  2. Palpebral part of orbicularis oculi muscle
  3. Levator labii superioris muscle
  4. Orbicularis oris muscle
  5. Zygomaticus major muscle
  6. Depressor anguli oris muscle
  7. Platysma muscle
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  1. Temporal fascia
  2. Zygomatic arch
  3. Styloid process
  4. Stylohyoid muscle
  5. Orbital part of orbicularis oculi muscle
  6. Depressor anguli oris muscle
  7. Mylohyoid muscle
  8. Sternohyoid muscle
  9. Omohyoid muscle
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  1. Galea aponeurotica
  2. Superficial temporal artery
  3. External carotid artery
  4. Great auricular nerve
  5. Supraclavicular nerves
  6. Maxillary artery
  7. Buccal nerve (of trigeminal nerve)
  8. Transverse cervical nerve
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  1. Olfactory tract
  2. Oculomotor nerve (n. III)
  3. Abducent nerve (n. VI)
  4. Optic nerve (n. II)
  5. Trigeminal nerve (n. V)
  6. Facial nerve (n. VII), nervus intermedius, and vestibulocochlear nerve (n. VIII)
  7. Straight sinus
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A 59-year-old female diabetic patient has been experiencing double vision and has great diffi culty abducting her left eye without elevating or raising it at the same time. The patient likely has damage to which of the following nerves on her left side?

A. Oculomotor

B. Frontal

C. Abducent

D. Trochlear

E. Lacrima

A

C. Abducent

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  1. Auriculotemporal nerve
  2. Occipital artery
  3. Parotid gland
  4. Splenius capitis muscle
  5. Trapezius muscle
  6. External jugular vein
  7. Supraorbital nerves
  8. Zygomaticus major muscle
  9. Zygomatic and buccal branches of facial nerve
  10. Platysma muscle
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  1. Facial nerve (n. VII)
  2. Great auricular nerve
  3. Parotid plexus
  4. Sternocleidomastoid muscle
  5. Cervical branch of facial nerve
  6. Transverse cervical nerve
  7. Facial artery
  8. Anterior belly of digastric muscle
  9. Omohyoid muscle
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Torticollis is associated with spasticity in which of the following muscles?

A. Sternocleidomastoid muscle

B. Omohyoid muscle

C. Digastric muscle (both bellies)

D. Zygomaticus major muscle

E. Orbicularis oris muscle

A

A. Sternocleidomastoid muscle

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  1. Superficial temporal artery
  2. Auriculotemporal nerve
  3. Masseteric artery and nerve
  4. External carotid artery
  5. Sternocleidomastoid muscle
  6. Orbicularis oculi muscle
  7. Angular artery 8. Facial artery
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  1. Frontal branch of superfi cial temporal artery
  2. Auriculotemporal nerve
  3. Lateral pterygoid muscle
  4. Posterior belly of digastric muscle
  5. Deep temporal artery
  6. Posterior superior alveolar arteries
  7. Lingual nerve 8. Inferior alveolar artery and nerve (mandibular canal opened)
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  1. Superfi cial temporal artery and auriculotemporal nerve
  2. Maxillary artery
  3. Buccal nerve (of trigeminal nerve)
  4. Submandibular ganglion
  5. Mylohyoid nerve
  6. Anterior belly of digastric muscle
  7. Great auricular nerve
  8. Lesser occipital nerve
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An infection of the submandibular ganglion would affect:

A. Taste from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue

B. Taste from the posterior one-third of the tongue

C. Movements of the tongue

D. Blood supply to the tongue

E. Salivation from the sublingual gland

A

E. Salivation from the sublingual gland

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  1. Superior oblique muscle
  2. Superior rectus muscle
  3. Levator palpebrae superioris muscle
  4. Common annular tendon (annulus tendineus)
  5. Trochlea
  6. Tendon of superior oblique muscle
  7. Medial rectus muscle
  8. Optic nerve (extracranial part
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A 62-year-old male patient has lost the function of his superior oblique muscle. You would expect his diplopia would be most pronounced when he looks:

A. Up

B. Down

C. Medially

D. Laterally

E. Up and medially

A

B. Down

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  1. Lacrimal gland
  2. Lacrimal nerve
  3. Frontal nerve
  4. Oculomotor nerve (n. III)
  5. Olfactory bulb
  6. Levator palpebrae superioris muscle
  7. Trochlear nerve (n. IV)