head and neck anatomy

Question 1

What muscles does the trigeminal nerve innervate?

Answer 1

Muscles of mastication
Mylohyoid
Anterior belly of digastric
Tensor tympani
Tensor palati

Question 2

What structures pass through the foramen ovale?

Answer 2

Remember OVALE
O - tic ganglion
V3 - mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve
A - ccessory meningeal artery
L - lesser petrosal nerve
E - missary veins

Question 3

What supplies the external ear canal?

Answer 3

The auriculotemporal nerve

Question 4

Which structure does the middle thyroid vein drain to?

Answer 4

The internal jugular vein

Question 5

What nerve supplies all the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue, and with what exception?

Answer 5

The hypoglossal nerve. The vagus nerve innervates the palatoglossus.

Question 6

What vessel runs laterally to the inferior parathyroid?

Answer 6

The common carotid artery

Question 7

What runs along the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus?

Answer 7

Oculomotor nerve
Trochlear nerve
Ophthalmic nerve
Maxillary nerve

Question 8

What is contained within the cavernous sinus?

Answer 8

Internal carotid artery
Abducens nerve

Question 9

What are the three branches of the facial nerve?

Answer 9

Greater petrosal nerve
Nerve to stapedius
Chorda tympani

Question 10

What are the branches of V3 (the mandibular nerve?)

Answer 10

Auriculotemporal nerve
Lingual nerve
Inferior alveolar nerve
Nerve to. mylohyoid
Mental nerve

Question 11

What are all of the branches of the aorta?

Answer 11

Inferior phrenic
Coeliac
Superior mesenteric
Middle suprarenal
Renal
Gonadal
Lumbar
Inferior mesenteric
Median sacral
Common iliac

Question 12

What structures pass through the orbital fissure?

Answer 12

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Lacrimal
Frontal
Trochlear
Superior division of oculomotor
Abducens
Nasociliary
Inferior division of the oculomotor nerve

Question 13

What lies posterior to the carotid sheath at the level of C6?

Answer 13

Cervical sympathetic chain

Question 14

At what level does the inferior thyroid artery enter the thyroid gland?

Answer 14

C6

Question 15

what nerves can be injured in a carotid endarterectomy?

Answer 15

Hypoglossal nerve

Question 16

What are the branches for the cerebral portion of the carotid artery?

Answer 16

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Ophthalmic
Posterior communicating artery
Choroidal
Anterior cerebral
Middle cerebral

Question 17

What nerves are at risk in a posterior triangle lymph node biopsy?

Answer 17

The accessory nerve

Question 18

What nerve is at risk in a thyroidectomy?

Answer 18

The laryngeal nerve

Question 19

What nerve is at risk in a carotid endarterectomy?

Answer 19

The hypoglossal nerve

Question 20

Which muscle is penetrated by the parotid duct?

Answer 20

The buccinator

Question 21

What does the buccinator branch of the facial nerve supply?

Answer 21

Zygomaticus minor
Buccinator
Levator anguli oris
Orbicularis
Nasalis

Question 22

Where can you find the sympathetic chain?

Answer 22

Posterior to the carotid sheath at the level of C6

Question 23

How many collateral circulations of the SVC?

Answer 23

Four
1) Azygous venous system
2) Internal mammary venous pathway
3) Long thoracic venous system with connections to the femoral vein or connections to the vertebral veins

Question 24

Which cranial nerves carry parasympathetic fibres?

Answer 24

1973
X
IX
VII
III

Question 25

Which nerve provides sensory innervation to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?

Answer 25

The trigeminal nerve

Question 26

What is the space called between the vocal cords?

Answer 26

Rima glottidis

Question 27

What structures pass through the parotid gland?

Answer 27

The facial nerve
The retromandibular vein
The auriculotemporal nerve
The external carotid artery