Mouth, Tongue, and Larynx - Severson

Question 1

What is the only muscle the abducts the vocal cords?

Answer 1

Posterior cricoarytenoid

Question 2

What does the recurrent laryngeal nerve innervate?

Answer 2

motor and senesory to everything below the true vocal fold

Question 3

Muscles responsible for protruding the tongue?

Answer 3

Genioglossal muscles

Question 4

Which nerve is responsible for referred pain to the middle ear from infections involving the tonsillar fossa?

Answer 4

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 5

Which ganglia is responsible for sensory nerve fibers innervating the taste buds associated with the circumvallate papillae?

Answer 5

Glossopharyngeal ganglia

Question 6

When performing the neurological exam of the cranial nerves and the patients tongue protrudes to the left when the patient is asked to stick out their tongue, what cranial nerve is showing a deficit?

Answer 6

Hypoglossal nerve

Question 7

The space between the two vocal folds and narrowest part of the laryngeal cavity is the:

Answer 7

Rima Glottiidis

Question 8

All muscles of the larynx are supplied by what nerve?

Answer 8

The recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve!

Question 9

Which muscle is responsible for opening the rima glottidis?

Answer 9

The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle