Chapter 14 - Head, Neck, and Regional Lymphatics

Question 1

What is the function of the skull?

Answer 1

protection of the brain and special sense organs

Question 2

Where is the frontal bone?

Answer 2

forehead region

Question 3

Where are the parietal bones?

Answer 3

behind the frontal bone

Question 4

Where are the temporal bones?

Answer 4

just above and in-front of the ears

Question 5

Where is the occipital bone?

Answer 5

back of head, lower region

Question 6

What are sutures?

Answer 6

meshed, immovable joints that connect cranial bones

Question 7

What are fontanels?

Answer 7

spaces on babies skull where bone has not yet ossified

Question 8

Where is the coronal suture?

Answer 8

crowns the head from ear to ear at the union of the frontal and parietal bones

Question 9

Where is the sagittal suture?

Answer 9

separates the sides of the head lengthwise between the two parietal bones

Question 10

Where is the lambdoid suture?

Answer 10

separating the parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bone

Question 11

How many facial bones are there?

Answer 11

14

Question 12

Which is the only facial bone that doesn’t articulate at a suture?

Answer 12

mandible (jaw)

Question 13

Cervical vertebra C1 aka the _____

Answer 13

atlas

Question 14

Cervical vertebra C2 aka the _____

Answer 14

axis

Question 15

Where is the C7 vertebra palpable?

Answer 15

when the head is flexed

Question 16

Which cranial nerve mediated the facial expressions?

Answer 16

CN VII (facial nerve)

Question 17

What are palpebral fissures?

Answer 17

openings between the eyelids

Question 18

What are nasolabial folds?

Answer 18

creases from nose to each corner of the mouth

Question 19

Which cranial nerve mediates facial sensations of pain or touch?

Answer 19

CN V (trigeminal nerve)

Question 20

Where are the parotid glands?

Answer 20

in the cheeks over the mandible and anterior to and below the ear

Question 21

Which is the largest but not normally palpable salivary gland?

Answer 21

Parotid gland

Question 22

Where is the submandibular gland located?

Answer 22

below mandible at the angle of the jaw

Question 23

Where is the sublingual gland located?

Answer 23

floor of the mouth

Question 24

Where is the temporal artery?

Answer 24

anterior to the ear

Question 25

Which cranial nerve innervates the sternomastoid and trapezius muscles?

Answer 25

CN XI (spinal accessory nerve)

Question 26

Which muscle divides the neck into two triangles?

Answer 26

sternomastoid muscle

Question 27

Where is the anterior triangle of the neck?

Answer 27

between sternomastoid and midline of the body, borders the mandible, apex is suprasternal notch

Question 28

Where is the posterior triangle of the neck?

Answer 28

behind the sternomastoid and in-front of trapezius, borders clavicle

Question 29

What is the role of the thyroid gland?

Answer 29

synthesis and secretion of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothryonine (T3) which are hormones that stimulate cellular metabolism

Question 30

Where is the cricoid cartilage located?

Answer 30

just above the thyroid

Question 31

Where is the thyroid cartilage?

Answer 31

above the cricoid cartilage

Question 32

Which cartilage has a palpable notch?

Answer 32

thyroid cartilage

Question 33

Where is the hyoid bone?

Answer 33

high up the neck, level with the floor of the mouth

Question 34

Where are the Preauricular lymph nodes?

Answer 34

in front of the ear

Question 35

Where are the Posterior auricular lymph nodes?

Answer 35

superficial to the mastoid process

Question 36

Where are the occipital lymph nodes?

Answer 36

at the base of the skull

Question 37

Where are the submental lymph nodes?

Answer 37

midline, between the tip of the mandible

Question 38

Where are the submandibular lymph nodes located?

Answer 38

halfway between the angle and the tip of the mandible

Question 39

Where are the tonsillar lymph nodes located?

Answer 39

under the angle of the mandible

Question 40

Where are the superficial cervical lymph nodes located?

Answer 40

overlying the sternomastoid muscle

Question 41

Where are the deep cervical lymph nodes located?

Answer 41

deep under the sternomastoid muscle

Question 42

Where are the posterior cervical lymph nodes located?

Answer 42

in the posterior triangle along the edge of the trapezius

Question 43

Where are the supraclavicular lymph nodes located?

Answer 43

just above and behind the clavicle at the sternomastoid muscle

Question 44

What is the role of lymph nodes?

Answer 44

filter lymph and engulf pathogens

Question 45

Where are lymph node regions palpable?

Answer 45

-head and neck -arms -axillae -inguinal region

Question 46

When does the posterior fontanelle close?

Answer 46

1-2 months after birth

Question 47

When does the anterior fontanelle close?

Answer 47

9 months-2 years of age

Question 48

At birth, head size is _________ than chest circumference

Answer 48

greater

Question 49

Head size reaches 90% full size at age ___

Answer 49

6

Question 50

Lymph tissue grows to adult size by age ____

Answer 50

6

Question 51

When does lymph tissue stop growing?

Answer 51

age 10-11

Question 52

Lymphatic tissue slowly ________ after puberty

Answer 52

atrophies

Question 53

Where do tension headaches usually occur?

Answer 53

occipital or frontal or the sensation of a band-like tightness

Question 54

Where do migraines usually occur?

Answer 54

tend to be supraorbital, retro-orbital, or frontotemporal

Question 55

Where do tension headaches usually occur?

Answer 55

around the eye, temple, forehead, cheek

Question 56

With cluster headaches, pain is always unilateral meaning...

Answer 56

it is always on the same side of the head

Question 57

Tension headaches are usually _______

Answer 57

aching

Question 58

Migraines are usually __________

Answer 58

throbbing

Question 59

How many migraines do most people get per month?

Answer 59

2/month

Question 60

What is the common pattern for cluster headaches?

Answer 60

1-2/day that last .5 hr to 2 hrs for a few months followed by a remission period