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Head/neck Flashcards

1
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Medial rectus

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Adducts eye

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2
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Lateral rectus

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Abducts eye. Abducent

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3
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Inferior rectus

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Depresses and adducts eye

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4
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Superior rectus

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Elevates and adducts eye

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5
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Inferior oblique

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Elevates and abducts eye

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6
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Superior oblique

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Depresses and abducts eye. Trochlear

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7
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Muscle in the front and back of head

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Occipitofrontalis

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8
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Muscle around the orbits

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Orbicularis oculi

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9
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Muscle of the Frontal neck region

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Platysma

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10
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Muscle around the lips

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Orbicularis oris

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11
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Smile muscle/Elvis muscle

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Zygomaticus major and minor

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12
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Muscle that elevates jaw

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  • Temporalis
  • masseter
  • medial pterygoid
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13
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Muscle that keeps food stuff under teeth

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Buccinator

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14
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Muscle that elevates and laterally moves jaw

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Lateral pterygoid

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15
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Muscle that retracts and curls sides of tongue

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Styloglossus

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16
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depresses and retracts tongue

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Hyoglossus

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17
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Depresses, protracts, side movement of tongue

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Genioglossus

18
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Roof boundaries of the nasal cavity

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  • Frontonasal
  • ethmoid
  • sphenoid
19
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Floor boundaries of the nasal cavity

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  • Palatine

- maxillary

20
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Blood supply of the nasal cavity

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– Anterior ethmoidal

  • posterior ethmoidal
  • greater palatine
  • sphenopalatine
21
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What are the four paranasal sinuses

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– Frontal sinus
– Ethmoid sinus
– Sphenoid sinus
– Maxillary sinus

22
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Serves orbit, lacrimal gland, nose, face and meningeal structures

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Ophthalmic artery

23
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What are the five layers of the scalp

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Skin
Connective tissue (dense)
Aponeurotic layer (mm)
Loose connective tissue
Pericranium (bone)
24
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What supplies blood to the scalp

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IC-supratrochlear, supra orbital

EC- superficial temporal, posterior auricular, occipital

25
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Longus capitis

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Flexes the head

26
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Longus colli

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Flex and rotate neck

27
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Semisoinalis capitis

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Flexes head (superior)

28
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Splenius capitis

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Flexes head (inferior)

29
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Controls how quickly the body uses energy

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Thyroid gland

30
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Regulates calcium

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Parathyroid gland

31
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Tensor veli palatini

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Tenses soft palate

32
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Levator veli palatini

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Elevate soft palate

33
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Salpingopharygeus

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Opens tympanic tube

34
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Palatoglossus

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Depresses palate elevates back of tongue

35
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Palatopharyngeus

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Depresses soft palate, elevates pharynx

36
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Musculus uvulae

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Elevates and retracts uvula

37
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Larynx cartilage – Adams apple

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Thyroid cartilage

38
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Larynx cartilage – top of trachea

39
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Larynx cartilage – leaf shaped

A

Epiglottis

40
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What are the three meningeal spaces and which is a natural space?

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– Dural cranial space
– Sub dural space
-Subarachnoid space (natural)

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