Formative quiz questions Flashcards
The inferior border of the mandible, the anterior belly of the digastric muscle and the posterior belly of the digastric muscle form which sub triangle of the neck?
Submandibular triangle
Which nerve provides motor innervation to the anterior belly of the digastric muscle?
Trigeminalnerve
The posterior branch of the retromandibular vein unites with the ______ to form the external jugular vein
posterior auricular vein
A unilateral contraction of which muscle results in ipsilateral flexion and contralateral rotation of the neck and head?
SCM
Motor innervation of the thyrohyoid muscle is provided by fibers from ______ that hitchhike with the hypoglossal nerve
C1
Which cutaneous branch of the cervical plexus provides sensory innervation to most of the skin of the anterior neck?
Transverse cervical nerve
The phrenic nerve is composed of fibers from which cervical spinal nerves?
C3, C4, C5
Which of the following is least likely to cause lymphadenopathy?
a. Viral infection
b. Atherosclerosis of internal carotid artery
c. Metastasis of cancer
d. Autoimmunedisease
b. Atherosclerosis of internal carotid artery
Which of the scalene muscles elevates the 2nd rib?
posterior scalene
What muscle inserts on the jugular process of the occipital bone?
rectus capitis lateralis
Which structure is not contained within the carotid sheath?
a. Vagus nerve
b. External jugular vein
c. Internal carotid artery
d. Commoncarotidartery
b. external jugular vein
The carotid body is ______
a. Abaroreceptor
b. Located at the level of C3
c. Innervated by a branch of the vagus nerve
d. Able to monitor changes in blood chemistry
d. able to monitor changes in blood chemistry
The ______ is the portion of the thyroid gland that connects the right and left lobes
isthmus
The vertebral artery branches from the ______
Subclavian artery
Which muscle elevates the corner of the mouth?
zygomaticus major
Which of the following vessels would not be included when tracing the path of blood from the aorta to the left supraspinatus muscle?
brachiocephalic trunk
Giant cell arteritis is usually diagnosed by taking a biopsy of which vessel?
a. Inferior labial artery
b. Superficial temporal artery
c. Dorsal scapular artery
d. Vertebral artery
b. Superficial temporal artery
Preganglionic fibers from the glossopharyngeal nerve are involved in autonomic innervation of which salivary gland?
parotid
Which branch of the trigeminal nerve includes both motor and sensory fibers?
mandibular
Which structure DOES NOT pass through the jugular foramen?
a. Vestibulocochlear nerve
b. Vagus nerve
c. Spinal accessory nerve
d. Internal jugular vein
a. Vestibulocochlear nerve
The dural fold that partially covers the pituitary gland is the ______
Diaphragma sellae
Which of the following dural venous sinuses DOES NOT converge at the confluence of the sinuses?
a. Superior sagittal sinus
b. Straight sinus
c. Inferior petrosal sinus
d. Occipital sinus
c. inferior petrosal sinus
Where is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) located within the meninges?
subarachnoid space
What is the name of the suture formed between the occipital bone and the parietal bones?
Lambdoid
The parotid duct enters the oral cavity opposite the ______
upper second molar
