Head and Neck Flashcards
Vertebra level of hyoid bone
CV3
Vertebral level of thyroid cartilage
CV4,5
Vertebral level of cricoid cartilage
CV6
Muscles that are innervated by CN XI
Trapezius, SCM
Structures that course between anterior and middle scalene
brachial plexus, subclavian artery
Innervation of omohyoid, sternohyoid, sternothyroid
ansa cervicalis
innervation of digastric
anterior belly = CN V
posterior belly = CN VII
Innervation of carotid sinus and carotid body
CN IX, CN X
Major structures to pass through pharyngeal wall superior to superior constrictor
auditory tube, levator veli palatini
Nerves of pharyngeal plexus
CN IX, CN X, sympathetics
Structures that pierce thyrohyoid membrane
internal laryngeal nerve, superior laryngeal nerve
Only muscle innervated by CN IX
stylopharyngeus
Innervation of cricothyroid
External laryngeal nerve
Innervation of laryngeal muscles exclusive of cricothyroid
recurrent laryngeal nerve
Muscle that increases tension of vocal cords
cricothyroid
Only muscle that abduct vocal cords
posterior cricoarytenoid
sensory nerve to larynx superior to vocal cords
internal laryngeal
sensory nerve to larynx inferior to vocal cords
recurrent laryngeal
site of aspirated lodged fishbone
piriform recess
afferent-efferent limbs of gag reflex
CN IX - CN X
afferent-efferent limbs of cough reflex
CN X - CN X
nerve injury that causes hoarseness following thyroid surgery
recurrent laryngeal
chief structures that travers internal acoustic meatus
CN VII, CN VIII
foramen where CN VII exits skull
stylomastoid foramen
major arterial supply to calvaria and supratentorial dura
middle meningeal
major cutaneous nerve of face
CN V
major artery to internal structures of head
maxillary
spinal levels of sympathetic fibers to head
T1-2
autonomic ganglia for CNIII
Ciliary
sensory ganglia for CN VII
Geniculate
Autonomic ganglia for CN VII
PPG and submandibular
Autonomic ganglia for CN IX
otic
muscle attached to disc of TMJ
lateral pterygoid
muscle that retracts mandible
temporalis
major nerve to TMJ (pain)
auricolotemporal
specific nerve that elicit secretion of the parotid
tympanic branch of CN IX an lesser petrosal