Parotid Region

Question 1

Which of the following branches of the Facial nerve (CN VII) does NOT 
pierce the parotid gland? 
A. Temporal
B. Posterior Auricular
C. Marginal mandibular 
D. Zygomatic 
E. Buccal

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A 24-year-old man is having problems depressing (opening) his mouth
beyond 15 degrees. Which of the following muscles of mastication may not be
functioning properly?
A. Temporalis
B. Masseter
C. Medial Pterygoid
D Lateral Pterygoid

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A patient is having surgery on his lower 1st molar. What nerve would the 
doctor anesthetize? 
A. Superior Alveolar Nerve 
B. Inferior Alveolar Nerve 
C. Mental Nerve
D. Chorda Tympani Nerve 
E. Buccal Nerve

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The secretomotor innervation of the parotid gland is by the glossopharyngeal
nerve (CN IX), which synapses in the otic ganglion, but hitchehikes a ride on
this nerve before reaching its final destination:
A. Facial nerve
B. Chorda tympani
C. Auriculotemporal nerve
D. Inferior alveolar nerve
E. Parotid nerve

Answer 4

C

Question 5

A patient presents to the emergency room after being hit in the head with a 
baseball at the pterion. Doctors suspect an epidural hematoma. What artery is 
most likely damaged?? 
A. Middle meningeal artery 
B. Deep temporal artery
C. Superficial temporal artery 
D. Inferior alveolar artery 
E. Sphenopalatine artery

Answer 5

A

Question 6

The pterygopalatine fossa has six connections through which nerves and
vessels travel. Through which of them does a nerve pass carrying preganglionic
parasympathetic innervation to the pterygopalatine ganglion?
A. Sphenopalatine foramen
B. Infraorbital fissure
C. Foramen rotundum
D. Pterygoid canal
E. Greater Palatine canal
F. Pterygomaxillary fissure

Answer 6

D