Head & Neck Practical & Exam II Flashcards
What are the branches of the cervical plexus?
Ansa cervicalis (C1, C2)
Nerve point:
- greater auricular (C2, C3)
- lesser occipital (C2, C3)
- transverse cervical (C2, C3)
- lateral, intermediate, and medial supraclavicular (C3, C4)
Phrenic (C3 - C5)
What are the branches of the external carotid artery?
Superior thyroid Ascending pharyngeal Lingual Facial Occipital Posterior Auricular Superficial Temporal Maxillary
What are the branches of the thyrocervical trunk (off of subclavian artery)?
Supraclavicular
Transverse cervical
Inferior thyroid
Ascending thyroid
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the platysma?
CN VII
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the trapezius?
CN XI
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the sternocleidomastoid?
CN XI
What is the function of the posterior, middle, and anterior scalenes?
Lateral bending of the neck and accessory breathing
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the mylohyoid?
nerve to mylohyoid (V3)
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the digastric?
anterior belly - nerve to mylohyoid (V3)
posterior belly - CN VII
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the stylohyoid?
CN VII
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the geniohyoid?
C1 via CN XII
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the thyrohyoid?
C1 via CN XII
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the sternohyoid?
ansa cervicalis
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the sternothyroid?
ansa cervicalis
What nerve(s) innervate(s) the omohyoid?
ansa cervicalis
What is the one infrahyoid muscle that is not innervated by the ansa cervicalis?
thyrohyoid (C1 via CN XII)
What are the layers of fascia of the neck?
superficial fascia –> investing fascia –> prevertebral fascia (w/ alar fascia)/carotid sheath/pretracheal fascia
What muscles are enclosed within the investing fascia?
Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
What is the function of the genioglossus? What nerve innervates it?
protrude tongue; CN XII (this is what is evidently affected in a CN XII lesion)
What is the function of the palatoglossus? What nerve innervates it?
elevate tongue and depress soft palate; CN X
What is the function of the styloglossus? What nerve innervates it?
retract and elevate posterior part of tongue; CN XII
What is the function of the hyoglossus? What nerve innervates it?
flatten the tongue; CN XII
What three tongue muscles are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve? What is the other muscle innervated by?
genioglossus, styloglossus, hyoglossus; palatoglossus - CN X
What is the function of the geniohyoid? What nerve innervates it?
shortens floor of mouth; C1 via CN XII
What muscle forms the boundary between the oral cavity and the oropharynx?
palatoglossus
What is the name for the space between the gingiva and the teeth? What is its sensory innervation in this area?
Vestibule
exterior maxillary gingiva - superior alveolar nerve
exterior mandibular gingiva - inferior alveolar nerve
interior hard palate (maxillary) gingiva - greater palatine nerve
interior lingual (mandibular) gingiva - lingual nerve
upper labial mucosa - labial branches of infraorbital nerve (V2)
lower labial mucosa - labial branches of mental nerve (V3)
What provides sensory innervation to the cheek?
Buccal branches of V3 aka long buccal nerve
What provides sensory innervation to the exterior maxillary gingiva?
superior alveolar nerve
What provides sensory innervation to the exterior mandibular gingiva?
inferior alveolar nerve
What provides sensory innervation to the interior hard palate (maxillary) gingiva?
greater palatine nerve
What provides sensory innervation to the interior lingual (mandibular) gingiva?
lingual nerve
What provides sensory innervation to the upper labial mucosa?
labial branches of infraorbital nerve (V2)
What provides sensory innervation to the lower labial mucosa?
labial branches of mental nerve (V3)
What nerve goes directly under the submandibular duct?
Lingual nerve (hypoglossal nerve is more inferior but still closely underneath)
What type of innervation does the lingual nerve provide to the tongue?
General sensation to anterior 2/3 of tongue
What type of innervation does the chorda tympani provide?
Taste to anterior 2/3 of tongue + parasympathetic innervation of submandibular and sublingual glands
What type of innervation does the glossopharyngeal nerve provide to the tongue?
general sensation and taste to posterior 1/3 of tongue
What provides sensation to the soft palate?
Lesser palatine nerve
What provides sensation to the hard palate?
Greater palatine nerve
What provides sensation to the primary palate (most anterior portion of hard palate)?
Nasopalatine nerve (V2)
What nerve is associated with the 1st pharyngeal arch?
Lingual nerve (V3)
What nerve is associated with the 2nd pharyngeal arch?
chorda tympani (VII)
What nerve is associated with the 3rd pharyngeal arch?
glossopharyngeal (XII)
What nerve is associated with the 4th pharyngeal arch?
vagus (X)
What embryological structure are the tongue muscles derived from?
Occipital somites
What are the 5 soft palate muscles?
tensor veli palatini levator veli palatini palatopharyngeus palatoglossus uvula muscles
What nerve supplies the soft palate muscles? Which muscle is the exception?
vagus nerve, except tensor veli palatini (supplied by V3)
Where are the palatine tonsils located?
between the palatoglossus and the palatopharyngeus
Where are the pharyngeal tonsils located?
Pharyngeal recess (above torus tubarius)
Where are the lingual tonsils located?
Posterior tongue behind foramen cecum
What nerve is at risk in a palatine tonsillectomy?
Glossopharyngeal nerve
What lymph node becomes enlarged in tonsillitis?
jugulodigastric (deep cervical node)
What muscle goes around the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate?
Tensor veli palatini (has a shiny tendon because of this)
What does the tensor veli palatini prevent during eating?
Regurgitation of food into the nasopharynx
Where does the tensor veli palatini originate?
Scaphoid fossa on medial pterygoid plate
What nerve innervates the laryngeal muscles?
vagus
What muscles are used to push food back into the oropharynx by elevating and retracting the tongue? What are their innervations?
Mylohyoid (V3), styloglossus (XII), palatoglossus (X)
What muscles tense and elevate the soft palate when swallowing? What are their innervations?
Levator veli palatini (X) and tensor veli palatini (V3)