Neck Flashcards
Which is the width diameter (mm) of the medial retropharyngeal lymph node in cats?
a. 1 - 3 mm
b. 2 - 4mm
c. 2 - 6 mm
d. 1 - 8 mm
2-6 mm
Which muscle lies between the common carotid artery and the more superficial jugular vein?
a. Sternohyoid
b. Sternothyroid
c. Sternocephalicus
d. Longus capitis muscle
c. Sternocephalicus
Each artery is located at the dorsolateral
margin of the trachea, and the sternohyoid and
sternothyroid muscles are located ventromedially
to them. The sternocephalicus muscle lies between
the common carotid artery and the more superficial
jugular vein.
The common carotid artery branches into
the internal and external carotid arteries medial to the ______
a. Mandibular LNN
b. parodi salivary gland
c. zygomatic salivary gland
d. Mandibular salivary gland
d. Mandibular salivary gland
What is incorrect about the carotid bulb?
a. Focal dilatation of the arterial lumen at the origin of the external carotid artery
b. It is seen occasionally
c. Focal dilatation of the arterial lumen at the origin of the internal carotid artery
a.
Which is incorrect about the larynx?
a. The most common feline tumour is lymphoma
b. Malignant epithelia neoplasisa (e.g. SCC) is the most common in dogs
c. The criterion to diagnosing laryngeal paralysis is reduced or asymmetrical motion of the vocal folds
d. Approximately 20% of dogs with
laryngeal paralysis have abnormal dorsal and ventral
movement of the arytenoid cartilages that is caused by the unaffected contraction of the cricothyroid muscle
d. 50%
Which is incorrect about thryoid glands?
a. Hyperthyroidism caused by functional thyroid adenoma or adenomatous hyperplasia is very common in older cats
b. Both thyroid lobes are affected in 40% of cats
c. Hyperplastic thyroid glands are hypoechoic or
isoechoic to surrounding tissue and hypoechoic to
normal thyroids.
d. Thyroid cystadenoma and parathyroid adenocarcinoma, can also appear cystic
b. 70%
