Movement

Question 1

Which two muscles of the neck have 2 bellies (anterior and posterior)?

Answer 1

Suprahyoid - digastric

Infrahyoid - omohyoid

Question 2

Which suprahyoid muscle runs medially down?

Answer 2

Geniohyoid

Question 3

What is the nerve supply to the infrahyoid muscles?

Answer 3

Ansa cervicalis

Question 4

Which cranial nerves run in the anterior triangle of the neck?

Answer 4

7, 9, 10, 11, 12

Question 5

Which cranial nerve runs in the posterior triangle of the neck?

Answer 5

11 - accessory

Question 6

What blood vessels run in the anterior triangle of the neck?

Answer 6

Common carotid artery

Internal jugular vein

Question 7

Which trunk in the brachial plexus may be affected by a stab wound to the posterior neck (posterior triangle)?

Answer 7

Upper trunk

Question 8

What are the boundaries of the anterior triangle?

Answer 8

Superior - mandible
Medial - imaginary line down midline of body to sternal notch
Lateral - medial part of SCM

Question 9

What are the boundaries of the posterior triangle?

Answer 9

Inferior - middle 1/3 of clavicle
Anterior - posterior part of SCM
Posterior - trapezius

Question 10

Function of the digastric muscle?

Answer 10

Depression of the mandible

Question 11

Which cranial nerve crosses the common carotid as it bifurcates into internal/external carotid arteries?
Hint - it runs alongside the lingual artery

Answer 11

Hypoglossal

Question 12

Which 3 neurovasculature components are contained within the carotid sheath?

Answer 12

Common carotid artery
Vagus nerve
Internal jugular vein

Question 13

Which cranial nerves are involved in the voluntary stage of swallowing?

Answer 13

9 - glossopharyngeal

10 - vagus

Question 14

Which cranial nerves are involved in the in-voluntary stage of swallowing?

Answer 14

9 - glossopharyngeal
10 - vagus
11 - accessory

Question 15

All of the laryngeal muscles are innervated by the recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve except which muscle?
What nerve branch innervates this muscle?

Answer 15

Cricothyroid

External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve from the vagus nerve

Question 16

Which part of the larynx is used to access the airway?

What is this procedure called?

Answer 16

Cricothyroid membrane

Laryngotomy

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a TERMINAL branch of the external carotid?

1) Maxillary artery
2) Mandibular artery
3) Middle meningeal artery
4) Superficial temporal artery

Answer 17

2) Mandibular artery

Question 18

Put the branches of the facial nerve in order from top to bottom:
Zygomatic
Marginal Mandibular
Cervical
Temporal
Buccal

Answer 18

1) Temporal
2) Zygomatic
3) Buccal
4) Marginal Mandibular
5) Cervical