OSPE questions

Question 1

Answer 1

blue

Question 2

Answer 2

highlighted vessel = superficial temporal artery, branch of external carotid artery

pulse is felt anterior to tragus

Question 3

Answer 3

highlighted vessel = posterior auricular artery, branch of ECA

Question 4

Answer 4

highlighted vessel = supratrochlear artery, a branch of ICA

Question 5

Answer 5

highlighted vessel = facial artery
- originates from ECA and terminatal branch is angular artery

Question 6

Answer 6

vessel = external jugular vein
- found in posterior triangle, drains into subclavian vein

Question 7

Answer 7

Maxillary artery and retromandibular vein; extra - facial nerve (parotid
gland labelled)

Question 8

Answer 8

Internal jugular vein (facial vein labelled)

Question 9

Answer 9

Middle meningeal artery; crosses the pterion (foramen spinosum labelled)

Question 10

Answer 10

internal jugular vein

Question 11

Answer 11

Internal carotid artery (carotid canal labelled)

Question 12

Answer 12

15. Internal jugular veins and subclavian veins (brachiocephalic veins
    labelled)

Question 13

Answer 13

Superior thyroid artery; external carotid artery

Question 14

Answer 14

cavernous sinus

Question 15

Answer 15

opthalamic artery

Question 16

Answer 16

opthalamic veins

Question 17

Answer 17

Keeps cheeks against teeth; buccal branches of facial nerve CN VII
(buccinator labelled)

Question 18

Answer 18

Zygomaticus (major); pulls corners of mouth up and out in smiling

Question 19

Answer 19

Platysma; cervical branches of facial nerve CN VII

Question 20

Answer 20

orbicularis oris, purses lips

Question 21

Answer 21

Facial nerve; temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal mandibular, cervical

Question 22

Answer 22

temporalis and masseter
mastication

Question 23

Answer 23

medial and lateral pterygoids
pterygoid plate of sphenoid

Question 24

Answer 24

Medial pterygoid; mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve (V3)

Question 25

Answer 25

Tongue protrusion to opposite side; Hypoglossal nerve CN XII
(genioglossus labelled)

Question 26

Answer 26

Hyoglossus; tongue depression and retraction

Question 27

Answer 27

vagus nerve

Question 28

Answer 28

Abduction, depression, intorsion; trochlear nerve CN IV (superior oblique
labelled)

Question 29

Answer 29

Mylohyoid; inferior alveolar nerve

Question 30

Answer 30

Blue - anterior belly of digastric via inferior alveolar nerve; green -
posterior belly of digastric via facial nerve CN VII

Question 31

Answer 31

Thyrohyoid; hypoglossal nerve CN XII via C1

Question 32

Answer 32

Omohyoid; C1-C3 anterior rami via ansa cervicalis of cervical plexus

Question 33

state which infrahyoid muscles lie in the superficial plane or deep plane

Answer 33

superficial: sternohyoid and omohyoid
deep plane: sternothyroid and thyrohyoid

Question 34

what is the innervation of the sternohyoid and omohyoid and sternothyroid muscles?

Answer 34

the anterior rami of C1-C3 which is carried by a branch of the ansa cervicalis

Question 35

what is the innervation of the thyrohyoid muscle?

Answer 35

anterior ramus of C1 which is carried within the hypoglossal nerve

Question 36

Answer 36

facial nerve innervates the stapedius

Question 37

innervation of tensor tympani

Answer 37

CN V3

Question 38

Answer 38

submandibular salivary ducts

Question 39

Answer 39

hypothalamus

Question 40

Answer 40

inferior alveolar nerve

Question 41

Answer 41

abducens nerve

Question 42

Answer 42

C1-C3 spinal nerves via ansa cervicalis

Question 43

Answer 43

greater petrosal branch of facial nerve

Question 44

Answer 44

vomer

Question 45

Answer 45

arytenoid cartilage of larynx

Question 46

Answer 46

CN V3, lateral pterygoid labelled

Question 47

Answer 47

• superficial epigastric artery

Question 48

Answer 48

genioglossus inervated by hypoglossal nerve

Question 49

Answer 49

falx cerebri (crista galli labelled)

Question 50

Answer 50

inferior alveolar nerve
mylohyoid muscle labelled