Face

Question 1

On the anterior margin of the masseter, the facial artery ascends and anastomoses with which artery?

Answer 1

The facial artery anastomoses via the angular artery with the dorsal nasal artery, which springs from the ophthalmic artery.

Question 2

The mimetic muscles are supplied by the branches of which nerve?

Answer 2

Fascial nerve.

Question 3

The sensory innervation to the skin of the face is derived from branches of what nerve?

Answer 3

Trigeminal nerve

Question 4

Which salivary gland is the larges?

Answer 4

The parotid

Question 5

Is the parotid gland a mucous, serous or mixed gland?

Answer 5

Purely serous

Question 6

What are the three main branches of the trigeminal nerve?

Answer 6

Ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular divisions

Question 7

The trigeminal nerve have motor fibers that travels with which nerve to which muscles?

Answer 7

Mandibular nerve to the muscles of mastication

Question 8

When finding the origin of the maxillary artery, where should you look?

Answer 8

I lies deep to the mandibular ramus

Question 9

What are the branches of the mandibular part of the maxillary artery?

Answer 9

• inferior alveolar artery
• middle meningeal artery
• deep auricular artery
• anterior tympanic artery

Question 10

What are the branches of the pterygoid part of the maxillary artery?

Answer 10

• masseteric artery
• deep temporal branches
• pterygoid branches
• buccal artery

Question 11

What are the branches of the pterygopalatine part?

Answer 11

• posterior superior alveolar artery
• infraorbital artery
• descending palatine artery
• sphenopalatine artery