Dental Nerves

Question 0

The trigeminal nerve supplies?

Answer 0

The teeth the jaw and the face

Question 1

What is the 5th cranial nerve

Answer 1

The trigeminal nerve

Question 2

What size is the trigeminal nerve

Answer 2

It is the largest of the 12 cranial nerves

Question 3

What type of nerve is the tigeminal nerve

Answer 3

Both sensory and motor

Question 4

The trigeminal nerve is sensory for what areas of the head

Answer 4

Scalp teeth and nose

Question 5

The trigeminal nerve is motor to

Answer 5

Muscles of mastication

Question 6

Name the three branches of the trigeminal nerve

Answer 6

Ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular

Question 7

The ophthalmic branch supplies what organ

Answer 7

The eye

Question 8

The maxillary nerve supplies

Answer 8

Upper jaw, upper teeth and the upper part of the face

Question 9

What type of nerve is the maxillary nerve

Answer 9

Sensory

Question 10

The 3 main branches of the maxillary nerve supplying the teeth are called

Answer 10

Posterior superior dental nerve
Middle superior dental nerve
Anterior superior dental nerve

Question 11

What does the anterior superior dental nerve supply

Answer 11

Upper incisors and canines and the labial gingiva

Question 12

What does the middle superior dental nerve supple

Answer 12

Upper premolars and the medial part of the 1st upper molars. It also supplies the buccal gingiva in these areas

Question 13

What does the posterior superior dental nerve supply

Answer 13

This supplies the remaining part of the 1st upper molars and 2nd and 3rd molars. It also supplies the buccal gingiva in these areas.

Question 14

The mandibular nerve has what function

Answer 14

Sensory and motor

Question 15

The mandibular nerve provides sensory functions to what

Answer 15

Lower jaw, lower teeth and the lower part of the face

Question 16

The mandibular nerve provides motor functions to what

Answer 16

The muscles of mastication

Question 17

How does the mandibular nerve pass down from the base of the skull

Answer 17

Along the inside of the Ramus of the mandible

Question 18

Name the 4 branches it the mandibular nerve

Answer 18

Inferior dental nerve
Lingual nerve
Long buccal nerve
Mental nerve

Question 19

Describe where the inferior dental nerve enters the mandible

Answer 19

Mandibular foramen

Question 20

What is the name of the canal that caries the nerve along the mandible

Answer 20

Inferior dental canal

Question 21

The mental nerve comes out of the mandible at what point

Answer 21

The mental foramen

Question 22

The 3rd branch of the mandibular branch is called

Answer 22

The long buccal nerve supplying the gingiva to lower premolars and 1st lower molar area

Question 23

The long buccal nerve is found where.

Answer 23

The outer side if the Ramus

Question 24

The lingual nerve is found where

Answer 24

Along the floor of the mouth on the inside surface of the Ramus

Question 25

What does the inferior dental nerve supply

Answer 25

All lower teeth

Question 26

What does the mental nerve supply

Answer 26

The gingiva around the lower premolars, canines and lower incisors

Question 27

What does the long buccal nerve supply

Answer 27

The buccal gingiva of the lower molar teeth

Question 28

What does the lingual nerve supply

Answer 28

The lingual side of all the lower teeth and the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and floor of the mouth