lecture 2

Question 1

what are the two parts to the nuchal ligament?

Answer 1

funicalar part and laminar part

Question 2

what runs through the transverse foreman of C1?

Answer 2

vertebral a.

Question 3

what are the terminal lymph nodes of the head?

Answer 3

cranial deep cervical nodes

Question 4

what ganglion is located at the cranial end of the sympathetic trunk and contains postganglionic sympathetic cell bodies?

Answer 4

cranial cervical ganglion

Question 5

the caudal laryngeal nerve is the termination of what nerve?

Answer 5

recurrent laryngeal

Question 6

what does the dorsal branch of the accessory nerve (CNXI) innervate?

Answer 6

• omotransversarius
• brachiocephalicus
• trapezius

Question 7

what does the ventral branch of the accessory nerve (CNXI) innervate?

Answer 7

sternocephalicus

Question 8

the postganglionic axons of the vagus are (relatively long or relatively short)?

Answer 8

relatively short

Question 9

the postganglionic axons of the sympathetic trunk are (relatively long or relatively short)?

Answer 9

relatively long

Question 10

what is one of the cribbing muscles?

Answer 10

sternocephalicus