Practice Exam Relationships Flashcards
A facial artery pulse may be taken where this artery passes directly _ _ to the body of the mandible
lateral (superficial)
After emerging from the parotid gland, the zygomatic, buccal and marginal mandibular branches of the facial nerve pass _ _ to the masseter
lateral (superficial)
The parotid duct passes _ _ and then anterior to the masseter
lateral (superficial)
The phrenic nerve and ascending cervical artery are positioned directly _ _ to the anterior scalene muscle
anterior
The external carotid artery is typically positioned _ _ to the internal carotid artery
anterior
The facial artery passes _ _ to the intermediate tendon of the digastric and the stylohyoid muscle
deep
The inferior thyroid artery passes _ _ to the common carotid artery
posterior (deep)
The subclavian artery passes directly _ _ to the anterior scalene muscle
posterior
The hyoid bone is positioned _ _ to the thyroid cartilage
superior
The thoracic duct passes _ _ to the left brachiocephalic vein
posterior
The cricoid cartilage is positioned _ _ to the thyroid cartilage
inferior
The sternocleidomastoid muscle is positioned _ _ to the carotid sheath
superficial
The loop of the ansa cervicalis passes _ _ to the carotid sheath
lateral (superficial)
The hypoglossal nerve passes _ _ to the hyoglossus muscle and _ _ to the mylohyoid muscle
superficial (lateral), deep
The left vagus nerve passes directly _ _ to the left subclavian artery
anterior
The recurrent laryngeal nerve is positioned _ _ to the trachea (tracheoesophageal groove)
lateral
The right vagus nerve passes directly _ _ to the right subclavian artery
anterior
The left brachiocephalic vein passes _ _ to both the left common carotid artery and the brachiocephalic artery
anterior
The submandibular gland is positioned directly posterior and _ _ to the mylohyoid muscle
inferior
The maxillary artery passes _ _ to the neck of the mandible
medial (deep)
The articular disc is positioned directly _ _ to the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and directly (blank) to the head of the mandible
inferior, superior
The masseter muscle is positioned _ _ and the medial pterygoid is positioned (blank) to the ramus of the mandible
lateral (superficial), medial (deep)
The temporalis muscle passes _ _ to the zygomatic arch
deep (medial)
The retromandibular vein is positioned medial and _ _ to the ramus of the mandible
posterior
The greater occipital nerve passes inferior and then _ _ to the inferior oblique muscle before piercing the semispinalis muscle
posterior
The roots of the brachial plexus typically pass between the anterior scalene and _ _ muscles
Middle scalene
The external jugular vein typically is positioned directly _ _ to the SCM
superficial (lateral)
At the level of the cavernous sinus, the oculomotor, ophthalmic and trochlear nerves are positioned _ _ to the internal carotid artery
lateral
The infraorbital nerve is positioned directly _ _ to the maxillary sinus
superior
The ethmoidal air cells are positioned _ _ to the orbit
medial
The arytenoid cartilages are positioned directly _ _ to the lamina of the cricoid cartilage
superior
The tonsilar bed is positioned _ _ to the palatoglossal fold (arch)
posterior
The vocal fold is positioned _ _ to the vestibular fold
inferior
The tendon of the tensor veli palatini muscles passes _ _ to the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate
inferior
The lingual nerve is positioned directly _ _ to the inferior alveolar nerve
anterior
The lingual nerve passes directly _ _ to the alveolar bone housing the roots of the 3rd molar
medial
The lingual nerve passes lateral, _ _ and medial to the submandibular duct
inferior
The submandibular duct and sublingual gland are positioned _ _ to the mylohyoid muscle
superior
Within the carotid sheath, the internal jugular vein is positioned directly _ _ to the common carotid artery
lateral
The common carotid artery is positioned directly _ _ to the superior cervical ganglion
anterior
