Head and Neck

Question 1

Infratemporal fossa

Answer 1

Area between posterior aspect of mandible and lateral plate of pterygoid process.
Conduit for mandibular nerve V3

Question 2

Pterygopalatine fossa

Answer 2

Posterior to maxilla
Communicates with cranial cavity, infratemporal fossa, orbit, nasal cavity and oral cavity.
Conduit for maxillary nerve V2

Question 3

Compartments of the neck

Answer 3

4 compartments - vertebral, visceral, two vascular

Question 4

Vertebral compartment of neck

Answer 4

Cervical vertebrae, associated postural muscles

Question 5

Visceral compartment of neck

Answer 5

Thyroid, parathyroid and thymus, and parts of respiratory and digestive tracts between head and thorax

Question 6

Vascular compartments of neck

Answer 6

Major blood vessels and vagus nerve

Question 7

larynx

Answer 7

Attached below to top of trachea and above by a flexible membrane to to the hyoid bone (which is attached to the floor of the oral cavity)

Laryngeal inlet is tilted posteriorly and is continuous with the pharynx

Question 8

Muscles in head

Answer 8

Extra-ocular
Muscles of middle ear
Muscles of facial expression
Muscles of mastication
Muscles of soft palate
Muscles of tongue

Question 9

Muscles in neck

Answer 9

Muscles of pharynx
Muscles of larynx
Strap muscles (position larynx and hyoid bone in neck)
Muscles of outer cervical collar (move the head and upper limb)
Postural muscles in muscular compartment (position the head and neck)

Question 10

Vertebrae level C3-4

Answer 10

Superior border of thyroid cartilage

Common carotid artery bifurcates into internal and external carotid arteries

Question 11

Vertebrae level C5 and C6

Answer 11

Lower limit of pharynx and larynx
Superior limit of trachea and oesophagus
Indentation between cricoid cartilage of larynx and first tracheal ring can be palpated

Question 12

Soft palate

Answer 12

Opens and closes oropharyngeal isthmus (opening between oral cavity and oropharynx)

Question 13

Epiglottis

Answer 13

Opens and closes laryngeal inlet

Question 14

Anterior triangle structures

Answer 14

Between head and thorax

Question 15

Posterior triangle structures

Answer 15

axillary inlet - structures that pass into and out of upper limb

Question 16

Parasympathetic innervation of salivary glands

Answer 16

Above oral fissure + lacrimal gland - greater petrosal nerve of nerve 7
Below oral fissure - chorda tympani (of nerve 7) joins lingual nerve (branch of mandibular nerve V3)