Head and Neck 1

Question 1

name the cranial bones

Answer 1

ethmoid, frontal, occipital, parietal (2), sphenoid, temporal (2)

Question 2

name the facial bones

Answer 2

lacrimal (2), maxilla (2), nasal (2), inferior concha (2), palatine (2), vomer, zygoma (2), mandible

Question 3

why are the facial bones irregular?

Answer 3

every one is a different structure

Question 4

where is the coronal suture?

Answer 4

running across the skull

Question 5

where is the sagittal suture?

Answer 5

running down the middle of the skull

Question 6

where is the lambdoid suture?

Answer 6

a v-shape at the back of the skull

Question 7

name the 3 cranial cutures

Answer 7

coronal, sagittal and lambdoid

Question 8

when does the posterior fontanelle close?

Answer 8

2-3 months old

Question 9

when does the anterior fontanelle close?

Answer 9

2 years old

Question 10

what bone does the olfactory nerve pass through?

Answer 10

the ethmoid bone

Question 11

what bone is the foramen magnum found in and what passes through it?

Answer 11

the occipital bone and the spinal cord passes through it

Question 12

where is the occipital bone?

Answer 12

it spans left to right across the back of the head

Question 13

where is the sphenoid bone?

Answer 13

a single bone at the front of the head spanning left to right

Question 14

where is the mastoid process?

Answer 14

behind the ear

Question 15

where is the cranial base

Answer 15

where the brain sits

Question 16

why are bones around the eyes further back at the corners?

Answer 16

it is a primitive development and it is to allow vision

Question 17

what is the zygoma?

Answer 17

the crash impact barrier

Question 18

where do tumours in the maxilla affect?

Answer 18

things in the orbital area i.e. sight

Question 19

what bones are involved in the cranial vault?

Answer 19

frontal, occipital, parietal and temporal

Question 20

where do the middle ear bones sit?

Answer 20

in the petrous

Question 21

what is the pterion?

Answer 21

where the frontal, parietal and temporal bones meet

Question 22

where is the middle meningeal artery?

Answer 22

just underneath the pterion

Question 23

what bones are part of the orbital?

Answer 23

frontal, parietal, temporal, sphenoid, lacrimal

Question 24

where is the infraorbital foramen?

Answer 24

the maxilla

Question 25

what is the arterial blood supply to head and neck?

Answer 25

arch of aorta and common carotid artery

Question 26

what are the branches of the common carotid artery?

Answer 26

internal and external carotid artery

Question 27

what does the external carotid artery supply?

Answer 27

the whole face

Question 28

does the internal carotid artery branch?

Answer 28

no

Question 29

what artery supplies the pharynx?

Answer 29

ascending pharyngeal artery

Question 30

what does the superior thyroid artery supply?

Answer 30

thyroid gland

Question 31

what artery supplies the floor of the mouth?

Answer 31

lingual artery

Question 32

what artery supplies the face?

Answer 32

facial artery

Question 33

what does the occipital artery supply?

Answer 33

the back of the skull

Question 34

what does the posterior auricular artery supply?

Answer 34

around and behind the ear

Question 35

what artery supplies the temporalis and the scalp?

Answer 35

the superficial temporal artery

Question 36

what artery supplies maxillary teeth?

Answer 36

the maxillary artery

Question 37

what artery goes through the parotid gland?

Answer 37

external carotid artery

Question 38

where is the retromandibular vein and where does it sit?

Answer 38

it is in the parotid gland and sits behind the mandible

Question 39

what does the internal jugular vein drain?

Answer 39

the cerebrum, inside the skull and most of the external structures of the head and neck

Question 40

what does the external jugular vein drain?

Answer 40

some external structures e.g. posterior auricular vein/retromandibular vein

Question 41

what is thrombosis?

Answer 41

a blockage

Question 42

what are the three meninges

Answer 42

pia, arachnoid and dura

Question 43

what do the dural venous sinuses drain?

Answer 43

the brain

Question 44

what does the superior alveolar nerve supply?

Answer 44

all the teeth

Question 45

what branch of the trigeminal nerve supplies the mandible and the muscles of mastication?

Answer 45

the third branch

Question 46

what type of nerve is the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve

Answer 46

a mixed nerve

Question 47

what nerve supply does the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve supply to the muscles of mastication?

Answer 47

motor

Question 48

what nerves are included in the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve?

Answer 48

auriculotemporal/lingual/buccal/inferior alveolar nerve