Ch. 5 - Head, Neck, & Face

Question 1

What muscles are in between the ribs?

Answer 1

Intercostals

Question 2

What is the name of the tough outer layer of an intervertebral disc?

Answer 2

Annulus fibrosus

Question 3

What is the liquid center of the intervertebral discs?

Answer 3

Nucleus pulposus

Question 4

Where can you palpate the abdominal aorta?

Answer 4

2” superior to umbilicus

Question 5

Where is the glabella?

Answer 5

In between the eyebrows

Question 6

Where are the inner and outer canthus?

Answer 6

Place where eyelids meet

Question 7

Sternocleidomastoid

Answer 7

Action:

Bilaterally flex neck
Unilaterally flex head and neck to same side

Origin:
Sternum and clavicle

Insertion:
Mastoid process of temporal bone

Question 8

Masseter

Answer 8

Action:
Elevates mandible

Origin:
Zygomatic arch

Insertion:
Angle and ramus of mandible

Question 9

Temporalis

Answer 9

Action:
Elevates and retracts mandible

Origin:
Temporal fossa & fascia

Insertion:
Coronoid process of mandible

Question 10

Platysma (action only)

Answer 10

Tightens fascia of neck

Question 11

Longus capitis and longus colli (action only)

Answer 11

Deep cervical flexors

Question 12

What is the foramen magnum?

Answer 12

Foramen: passage or opening
Magnum: large, oval shaped

Opening that allows the spinal cord to pass through the skull

Question 13

What is the zygomatic arch?

Answer 13

Where the temporal bone meets the zygomatic bone

Question 14

What bone only articulates with muscle and connective tissue?

Answer 14

Hyoid

Question 15

1st vertebrae

Answer 15

Atlas;
Has a posterior tubercle and no spinous process

Question 16

2nd vertebrae

Answer 16

Axis;
Has odontoid process

Question 17

What can be found between the anterior and middle scalenes?

Answer 17

Brachial plexus

Question 18

Where is the posterior scalene?

Answer 18

Between the middle scalene and the levator scapula

Question 19

How many bones does the skull have?

Answer 19

22;

8 in cranium
14 in facial region

Question 20

Capitis relates to the:

Answer 20

Head

Question 21

Where is the fascial artery able to be palpated?

Answer 21

Next to the base of the mandible

Question 22

Occipitofrontalis

Answer 22

Action:
Frontalis - raise eyebrows and wrinkle forehead
Occipitalis: anchor and retract galea

Origin:
Galea aponeurotica

Insertion:
Frontalis - skin superior to eyebrows
Occipitalis - superior nuchal line of occiput

Question 23

Actions of scalenes

Answer 23

Unilaterally rotate head and neck to opposite side

Bilaterally:
Elevate ribs during inhalation
Flex head and neck

Question 24

Anterior scalene

Answer 24

Origin:
Transverse processes of third through sixth cervical vertebrae

Insertion:
First rib

Question 25

Middle scalene

Answer 25

Origin:
Transverse processes of second through seventh cervical vertebrae

Insertion:
First rib

Question 26

Posterior scalene

Answer 26

Origin:
Transverse processes of sixth and seventh vertebrae

Insertion:
Second rib