Nerves Of The Neck

Question 1

Glossopharyngeal nerve branches

Answer 1

1. Tympanic nerve
2. Branch to carotid sinus
3. Pharyngeal branch
4. Branch to stylopharyngeus
5. Tonsillar branch
6. Lingual branch

Question 2

Tympanic nerve supplies

Answer 2

Sensory to tympanic cavity

Secretomotor to parotid gland

Question 3

Branch to carotid sinus supplies

Answer 3

Sensory to carotid sinus and carotid body

Question 4

Pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve supplies

Answer 4

Sensory to pharynx

Question 5

Pharyngeal branch of glossopharyngeal nerve unites with what to form pharyngeal plexus

Answer 5

Vagus and sympathetic trunk

Question 6

Branch to stylopharyngeus supplies

Answer 6

Motor to stylopharyngeus muscle

Question 7

Tonsillar branch supplies

Answer 7

Sensory to soft palate and to muscous membrane over tonsil

Question 8

Lingual branch supplies

Answer 8

Taste and general sensation to posterior 1/3 of tongue

Question 9

Vagus nerve branches

Answer 9

1. Meningeal branch
2. Auricular branch
3. Pharyngeal branch
4. Superior laryngeal nerve
5. Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 10

Vagus nerve ganglia

Answer 10

Superior (jugular) ganglion

Inferior (nodose) ganglion

Question 11

Superior jugular ganglion of vagus nerve location

Answer 11

Jugular foramen

Question 12

Vagus nerve branches from superior ganglion

Answer 12

Meningeal branch

Auricular branch

Question 13

Vagus nerve branches from inferior ganglion

Answer 13

Pharyngeal branch

Superior laryngeal nerve

Question 14

Meningeal branch of vagus supplies

Answer 14

Sensory to dura mater

Question 15

Auricular branch of vagus nerve supplies

Answer 15

Sensory to auricle, floor of external auditory meatus, tympanic membrane

Question 16

Pharyngeal branch of vagus motor supply

Answer 16

Muscles of pharynx and soft palate

Question 17

Most Fibers from pharyngeal branch of vagus originate from

Answer 17

Cranial part of accessory nerve before joining vagus nerve

Question 18

Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve joins with branches of what to form pharyngeal plexus

Answer 18

Glossopharyngeal nerve and sympathetic trunk

Question 19

Pharyngeal plexus is motor to

Answer 19

Muscles of pharynx EXCEPT stylopharyngeus and muscles of soft palate EXCEPT tensor veli palatini

Question 20

Superior laryngeal nerve of vagus divides into

Answer 20

Internal laryngeal nerve and external laryngeal nerve

Question 21

Internal laryngeal nerve supplies

Answer 21

Sensory to mucous membrane of larynx

Question 22

External laryngeal nerve supplies

Answer 22

Motor to cricothyroid and inferior constrictor muscles

Question 23

Recurrent laryngeal nerve sensory supply

Answer 23

Sensory to mucous membrane of larynx and trachea

Question 24

Recurrent laryngeal nerve motor supply

Answer 24

All muscles of larynx EXCEPT cricothyroid

Question 25

Accessory nerve formed by union of

Answer 25

Cranial part and caudal part

Question 26

Cranial part of accessory nerve comes from

Answer 26

Medulla oblongata

Question 27

Spinal part of accessory nerve comes from

Answer 27

Sides of spinal cord

Question 28

Cranial part joins what other nerve

Answer 28

Vagus nerve

Question 29

Cranial part gives vagus motor fibers to what two branches

Answer 29

Pharyngeal branch of vagus (pharynx and soft palate) | Recurrent laryngeal nerve (larynx)

Question 30

Spinal part of accessory nerve supplies

Answer 30

Motor to SCM and trapezius

Question 31

Hypoglossal nerve supplies

Answer 31

Motor to tongue

Question 32

Hypoglossal nerve branches

Answer 32

1. Meningeal branches 2. Superior root of ansa cervicalis 3. Nerves to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid 4. Lingual branches

Question 33

Meningeal branches of hypoglossal nerve supplies

Answer 33

Dura mater

Question 34

Superior root of ansa cervicalis supplies

Answer 34

Motor to infrahyoid muscles EXCEPT thyrohyoid

Question 35

Nerves to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid supplies

Answer 35

Motor to thyrohyoid and geniohyoid muscles

Question 36

Lingual branches of hypoglossal nerve supplies

Answer 36

Motor to extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of tongue

Question 37

Cervical sympathetic ganglia

Answer 37

1. Superior cervical ganglion 2. Middle cervical ganglion 3. Vertebral ganglion 4. Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion

Question 38

Superior cervical ganglion location

Answer 38

C1-C3 vertebral level

Question 39

Superior cervical ganglion branches

Answer 39

Internal carotid nerve Superior cervical cardiac nerve Branches to pharyngeal plexus

Question 40

Middle cervical ganglion

Answer 40

C6 cervical vertebra

Question 41

Middle cervical ganglion branch

Answer 41

Middle cervical cardiac nerve

Question 42

Vertebral ganglion location

Answer 42

C7 vertebral level

Question 43

Vertebral ganglion fused with

Answer 43

Either middle or inferior cervical ganglion

Question 44

Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion location

Answer 44

C7-T1 vertebral level

Question 45

Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion formed by

Answer 45

Fusion of inferior cervical ganglion to 1st thoracic ganglion

Question 46

Cervicothoracic (stellate) ganglion branch

Answer 46

Inferior cervical cardiac nerve

Question 47

Ansa subclavia connects what two ganglion

Answer 47

Vertebral ganglion to cervicothoracic ganglion

Question 48

Ansa subclavia

Answer 48

Nerve bundle loops anterior to subclavian artery