Midterm

Question 1

the chorda tympani travels through the

Answer 1

Petrotympanic fissure

Question 2

Sensory information from the majority of the TMJ travels back to the CNS via

Answer 2

auriculotemporal

Question 3

What does the greater palatine nerve carry

Answer 3

Both sensory and taste fibers

Question 4

the tongue sends lymphatic fluid to what nodes

Answer 4

submental
submandibular
deep cervical

Question 5

the sensory cell bodies involved with the majority of sensation traveling through the trigeminal nerve reside in

Answer 5

the semilunar ganglion

Question 6

Postganglionic para fibers which emanate from the pterygopalatine ganglion travel in

Answer 6

the greater palatine nerve

Question 7

the buccal artery is a branch of the

Answer 7

maxillary artery

Question 8

the common facial vein is formed by a union of the facial vein and the

Answer 8

anterior division of the retromandibular vein

Question 9

the maxillary vein usually drains into

Answer 9

retromandibular vein

Question 10

the pterygoid plexus of veins receives tributaries from which of the following veins

Answer 10

inferior ophthalmic

Question 11

The para fibers going to the parotid gland synapse in the

Answer 11

otic ganglion