Muscle Flashcards
Which of the following triangles is bounded by the sternocleidomastoid, the posterior belly of diagastric and superior belly of omohyoid muscle?
Carotid triangle
Contents of the submental triangle
Sumbental lymph nodes and floor of the mouth
What muscles assist in opening the pharyngeal orifice of the auditory tube during swallowing?
Salpingopharyngeal
Origin of stylopharyngeus muscle
Styloid process of temporal bone
Pharynx
External circular layer includes:
Superior
Middle
Inferior pharyngeal contrictors
Internal longitudinal layer:
Palatopharyngeus
Stylopharyngeus
Salpingopharyngeus
All longitudinal muscles of the pharynx are innervated by______ except _____.
Vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus
Stylopharyngeus muscle which is innervated by glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Which of the following contains thick myosin filaments only?
H zone
Functional unit of the skeletal muscle
Sarcomere
The _____ is the most superficially located and the most strongest muscle of mastication.
Masseter
All muscles of mastication are innervated by the
Mandible division of trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
The anterior and superior pillars of the fauces enclose which area of lymphoid tissue?
Palatine tonsils
The anterior and posterior pillars of the fauces enclose which area of lymphoid tissue?
Palatine tonsils
Neurovascular bundle of the soft palate
Lesser palatine vein, artery and nerve
A narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue
Fauces
Results from failure of complete fusion of the palatine shelves
Bifid uvula
These following muscles are innervated by the same nerve that innervated the muscles of mastication
Mylohyoid
Tensor tympani
Tensor veli palatini
Ant. Belly of the digastric
All of the muscles of mastication are innervated by the
Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve
All muscles of mastication receive blood from the
Pterygoid portion of the maxillary artery
All muscles of mastication are derived from
1st pharyngeal arch
Muscles of the tongue are innervated by what nerve?
Hyoglossus
Styloglossus
Genioglossus
❌ palatoglossus
Palatoglossus muscle is innervated by
Hypoglossal nerve
Pharyngeal plexus via vagus nerve
Provides sensory input to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue
Trigeminal nerve
Provides/ supplies the posterior 1/3 of the tongue
Glossopharyngeal nerve