Oral cavity 4

Question 1

What is the sensory supply to the palate?

Answer 1

Maxillary nerve through to branches

Question 2

What are the branches of the maxillary nerve to the palate?

Answer 2

Greater palatine nerve

Lesser palatine nerve

Nasopalatine nerve

Question 3

Answer 3

A = lesser palatine nerve

B = greater palatine nerve

C = nasopalatine nerve

Question 4

What nerve supplies the region of the soft palate? (Sensory)

Answer 4

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 5

What nerve gives motor innervation to the muscles of soft palate except tensor veli palatini?

Answer 5

Pharyngeal plexus

Question 6

What nerve supplies motor innervation to the tensor veli palatini muscle?

Answer 6

Nerve to medial peterygoid, a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve

Question 7

Answer 7

A = greater palatine artery

B = lesser palatine artery

C = branches from ascending palatine artery of facial artery and palatine branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Question 8

Answer 8

Cleft lip

Question 9

What children are likely to be born with a cleft lip?

Answer 9

Mothers who are epileptics on teratogenic agents

Question 10

What is an example of a teratogenic agent?

Answer 10

Anti-convulsant drugs