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Question 1

What type of joint is the TMJ?

Answer 1

Modified hinge type synovial

Question 2

Which artery is the STA a branch of?

Answer 2

ECA

Question 3

From which embryological structure do the facial muscles come from?

Answer 3

Second branchial arch

Question 4

What are the four muscles of facial expression?

Answer 4

Frontal and occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
Buccinator
Orbicularis Oculi
Orbicularis Oris

Question 5

From which foramen does the facial nerve leave to get to the face?

Answer 5

Stylomastoid foramen

Question 6

Which tooth does the parotid duct open into?

Answer 6

2nd upper maxillary molar tooth

Question 7

Which para nerve innervates the parotid duct?

Answer 7

Glossopharyngeal

Question 8

What nerve innervates the sternocleidomastoid?

Answer 8

Spinal root of accessory nerve

Question 9

Name the four infrahyoid muscles

Answer 9

Sternohyoid
Sternothyroid
Omohyoid
Thyrohyoid

Question 10

Name the four suprahyoid muscles

Answer 10

Stylohyoid
Digastric
Geniohyoid
Myelohyoid

Question 11

At what level does the isthmus lie?

Answer 11

second to third tracheal ring

Question 12

What four things open into the middle meatus?

Answer 12

Maxillary sinus
Frontal sinus
Anterior and middle ethmoidal cells

Question 13

What are the muscles of mastication?

Answer 13

Temporalis
Masseter
Medial and Lateral Pterygoids

Question 14

What is the innervation to the muscles of mastication and what are they derived from?

Answer 14

Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve

Derived from first pharyngeal arch

Question 15

What separates the tongue into thirds?

Answer 15

Terminal sulcus

Question 16

What nerves supply the tongue with taste sensation?

Answer 16

Posterior third - internal laryngeal

Anterior two thirds - chorda tympani branch of facial nerve

Question 17

What nerves supply the tongue with general sensation?

Answer 17

Posterior third - lingual branch of glossopharyngeal

Anterior two thirds - lingual branch of V3

Question 18

What tongue muscle is not supplied by hypoglossal nerve?

Answer 18

Palatoglossus

Question 19

What are the four types of papillae on the tongue?

Answer 19

Filiform
Vallate-flat anterior to sulcus
Fungiform- at apex and side of tongue
Foliate- at side of tongue

Question 20

What supplies the cricothyroid muscle?

Answer 20

Superior laryngeal nerve

Question 21

What travels through the inferior orbital fissure?

Answer 21

Maxillary nerve

Question 22

What is the action of tensor tympani and stapedius muscles?

Answer 22

TT-pulls malleus medially to tense the membrane so vibrations are reducedStapedius- pulls stapes forward to reduce oscillatory range

Question 23

What nerve innervates the submandibular and sublingual glands?

Answer 23

Facial

Question 24

At what age do the anterior and posterior fontanelles close?

Answer 24

A-18-24 months

P-2-3 months

Question 25

What is the epithelium of the tongue?

Answer 25

Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium

Question 26

What is the histological appearance of the different salivary glands?

Answer 26

Sublingual-stains pale as secretes thick mucous
Parotid-stains dark as secretes serous
Submandibular-mix of both

Question 27

Name the nerves that arise from branchial arches 1-6

Answer 27

1-mandibular
2-facial
3-glossopharyngeal
4-superior laryngeal
6-recurrant laryngeal