Exam 4 Blood Vessels of the Head and Neck

Question 1

communication of a
blood vessel with another blood vessel by a
connecting channel

Answer 1

Anastemosis/anastemoses

Question 2

blood filled spaces between

two layers of tissue

Answer 2

Venous sinuses

Question 3

clot that forms on the inner blood vessel wall

“Stuck”

Answer 3

Thrombus

Question 4

foreign material or clot “travelling” in

the blood that can block the vessel

Answer 4

Embolus

Question 5

What is different about the pulmonary arteries and veins?

Answer 5

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and supply the body

Veins carry the deoxygenated blood toward the heart

Question 6

What is different about the pulmonary arteries and veins?

Answer 6

Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and supply the body

Veins carry the deoxygenated blood toward the heart to be replenished

Question 7

travels underneath the
sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM), adjacent to the
internal jugular vein (IJV)

Answer 7

Internal Carotid Artery ICA

Question 8

Supplies intracranial structures and is the source of the ophthalmic artery

Answer 8

Internal Carotid Artery

Question 9

Branches of ICA:

Answer 9

Ophthalmic artery: supplies eye, orbit, and lacrimal

gland

Question 10

Inferior alveolar artery is a branch from

Answer 10

Maxillary artery

Question 11

Supplies the extracranial tissues of the head an neck, including the oral cavity
HAS MANY BRANCHES

Answer 11

External Carotid Artery

Question 12

Superior Thyroid Artery Lingual Artery Facial Artery *Ascending Pharyngeal Artery Occipital Artery Posterior Auricular Artery Maxillary Artery Superficial Temporal Artery
*Lies medially, not pictured here as it is not visible from the lateral aspect

Answer 12

Direct Branches of ECA

Question 13

____ arteries supply all dental structures

Answer 13

maxillary artery

Question 14

Tissues inferior to Artery

the hyoid bone, including infrahyoids, SCM, muscles of larynx and thyroid gland

Answer 14

Anterior: Superior Thyroid Artery

Question 15

Tissues superior to hyoid bone including suprahyoids and FOM

Answer 15

Anterior: Lingual Artery

Question 16

Face in the oral, buccal, zygomatic, nasal, infraorbital, and orbital regions

Answer 16

Anterior: Facial Artery

Question 17

Pharyngeal walls, pharyngeal

soft palate, meninges of the brain

Answer 17

Medial: Ascending Pharyngeal

Question 18

Suprahyoids, SCM, scalp and meningeal tissues in occipital region

Answer 18

Posterior: Occipital Artery

Question 19

Internal ear and

mastoid air cells

Answer 19

Posterior: Auricular

Question 20

Parotid salivary duct Terminal
artery
and nearby facial tissues, temporalis muscle, scalp in frontal and parietal regions

Answer 20

Terminal: Superficial Temporal Artery

Question 21

Meninges of Brain, Bones of Skull

Answer 21

Middle Meningeal Artery

Question 22

Mandibular teeth, FOM, mental region

Answer 22

Inferior Alveolar

Question 23

travels through mandibular canal

Answer 23

inferior alveolar

Question 24

Temporalis muscle

Answer 24

Deep temporal

Question 25

Lateral and Medial pterygoid muscles

Answer 25

Pterygoid

Question 26

Masseter

Answer 26

Masseteric

Question 27

Buccinator and Buccal region

Answer 27

Buccal

Question 28

Posterior and Maxillary teeth

Answer 28

Posterior Superior Alveolar

Question 29

Orbital region, face, and anterior maxillary teeth

Answer 29

Infraorbital

Question 30

Hard and soft palate

Answer 30

Greater Palatine

Question 31

Nasal cavity and anterior hard palate

Answer 31

Sphenopalatine

Question 32

Facial Vein

Answer 32

-Main drainage of the facial structures - Drains into the IJV (internal jugular vein) - Vein begins at medial corner of eye, with the junction of the suprtrochlear and supraorbital veins -Supraorbital anastemoses with the opthalmic veins ¨ -Ophthalmic anastemoses with the cavernous sinus à pathways for infection!

Question 33

Supraorbital anastemoses with the __ __

Answer 33

opthalmic veins

Question 34

Ophthalmic anastemoses with the ___ ____ --> | pathways for infection!

Answer 34

cavernous sinus

Question 35

IS DRAINED BY: Frontal region

Answer 35

Supratrochlear and supraorbital

Question 36

IS DRAINED BY: Upper lip area

Answer 36

Superior labial

Question 37

IS DRAINED BY:Lower lip area

Answer 37

Inferior labial

Question 38

IS DRAINED BY Submental regions

Answer 38

Submental

Question 39

IS DRAINED BY: Lingual and sublingual regions

Answer 39

Lingual

Question 40

IS DRAINED BYMeninges of brain

Answer 40

Middle meningeal

Question 41

IS DRAINED BY:Maxillary teeth

Answer 41

Posterior superior alveolar

Question 42

IS DRAINED BY: Mandibular teeth and submental area

Answer 42

Inferior Alveolar

Question 43

Is drained by: Orbital region

Answer 43

Opthalmic

Question 44

Is drained by: Lateral scalp area

Answer 44

Superficial temporal and posterior auricular

Question 45

What it drains: | Pterygoid Plexus

Answer 45

Maxillary

Question 46

**Pterygoid plexus drains deep ____ ____

Answer 46

facial structures

Question 47

Does the retromandibular vein divide?

Answer 47

YES!!**

Question 48

Where does the division occur for the retromandibular vein

Answer 48

inferior to the parotid

Question 49

REMEMBER: RETROMANDIBULAR DIVIDES AND CAN FLOW INTO EITHER ___OR ___

Answer 49

EJV OR IJV

Question 50

Cavernous venous sinus is a __ ___!!!

Answer 50

danger space!

Question 51

narrowing or blockage of arteries caused by a buildup of plaque

Answer 51

Atherosclerosisx