Head Face and Neck Slide questions Flashcards
What is another name for the ear?
auricular
What is the eye called?
Orbital
What is nose called?
Nasal
What is the cheek called?
Bucccal
What is another name for the chin?
Mental
What is the posterior neck called?
Nuchal
What is the Cranial region made up of?
Frontal, Temporal and occipital
What is another name for the eyebrow?
Superciliary arch
What is another name for the eyelid?
Palpebra(superior and inferior)
What is the area between the nose and upper lip called?
Philtrum
What is the outside of the nostril called?
Ala Nasi
How many seperate bones make up the skull?
28
What are the names of the groups of bones that make up the skull?
Auditory ossicles, Cranium(cranial vault and facial bones), Sutures
How many bones make up the auditory ossicles?
6
How many bones make up the cranial vault?
8
How many bones make up the facial bones?
14
How many sutures are there?
4
What are the names of the 4 sutures?
Sagittal, coronal, lambdoidal and squamous
What are three parts to the hyoid bone?
Greater cornu, lesser cornu and body
How does the hyoid bone assist in speech and swallowing?
It provides point of attachment for muscles that elevate and tongue muscles
How many cranial nerves are there?
12
What are the cranial nerves?
Olfactory, Optic, oculomotor, Trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharangeal, Vagus, Accessory and Hypoglossal
What is the function of Olfactory?
Smell
What is the function of Optic?
Vision
What is the function of oculomotor?
moves eye up, down, medially, raises upper eyelid, constricts pupil, adjusts the shape of the lens of the eye
What is the function of the Trochlear nerve?
Moves eye medially and down
What is the function of trigeminal?
chewing and sensations from TMJ and facial sensation
What is the function of Abducens?
Abducts eye
What is the function of the Facial nerve?
muscles of facial expression, closes eye, tears, salivation and taste
What is the function of the vestibulocochlear nerve?
sensation of head position relative to gravity and head movement: hearing
What is the function of the glossopharangeal nerve
swallowing, salivation and taste
What is the function of the vagus nerve
regulates viscera, swallowing, speech and taste
What is the function of the Accessory nerve
Elevate shoulders and turns head
What is the function of the Hypoglossal nerve
moves tongue
What are the muscles of facial expression?
Frontalis, Obicularis oculi, Nasalis, Obicularis oris, Levator Labii superioris, Platysma, Mentalis, Buccinator, Zygomatic major, Zygomatic minor, Risorius and Depressor anguli oris
What nerve innervates the facial expression muscles?
Cranial Nerve VII(AKA Facial nerve)
What is the name of the disorder that affects cranial nerve VII?
Bell’s Palsy
What are the muscles of Mastication
Masseter, Temporalis, Medial and Lateral Pterygoids
What nerve innervates the muscles of mastication?
Cranial Nerve V(AKA trigeminal)
What Branch of the Trigeminal nerve innervates the muscles of mastication?
V3- also known as Mandibular branch)
What are the names of the branches of the Trigeminal nerve?
V1=Opthalamic
V2=Maxillary
V3=Mandibular
What gland does the Facial nerve pierce through but DOES NOT innervate?
Parotid Gland
What is the largest salivary gland?
Parotid Gland
What muscle will the Parotid duct pierce thru?
Buccinator
What are the sympathetic fibers of the Parotid gland innervated by?
cervical ganglia
What are the parasympathetic fibers innervated by?
Glossoparangeal and Greater auricular(C2,C3)
What artery supplies the face( facial and temporals branch from this)
External carotid artery
What is the name of the artery that throbs when people get angry?
Superficial Temproal artery
What does the carotid body do?
senses changes in blood pH, influences respiration
What does the carotid sinus do?
fills with blood and mechanoreceptor detects blood pressure
What is the Tarsal Plate?
where the eyelashes begin to emerge
What does the punctum do?
pulls tears into the lacrimal canals
Where do the canals go?
empty into lacrimal sac
Where is the lacrimal gland located?
Superior lateral border of orbit
where does the lacrimal duct open into?
nasolacrimal duct
why does a person’s nose run when they cry
tears are draining into nasolacrimal duct and thinning out mucus
What two structures of the eye make up the fibrous tunic
outer sclera and cornea
What three eye structures make up the vascular tunic
choroid, iris and ciliary body