Quiz Reviews Flashcards
Which cranial nerve innervates the parotid gland?
IX—glossopharyngeal
Which muscle is the “kissing muscle”
Orbicularis oris
A 56 y/o woman underwent a face lift operation. Several days laters she noticed an asymmetry of the lower lip. Additionally, she could not fully depress the angle of her mouth on the right side. Which nerve was most likely damaged during surgery
Marginal mandibular
Winking is a function of the ___ muscle
Orbicularis oculi
A 56 y/o man complains of severe pain beneath his left eye which radiates into the lower eyelid, lateral side of the nose and upper lip. Which nerve is involved?
Maxillary
Which vein drains the parotid gland and masseter muscle?
Retro mandibular
While recovering from a right facial paralysis, a 36 y/o female patient complained that food accumulates between the teeth and the cheek mucosa when chewing. The deficiency of which muscle was the most likely cause of the chewing problem?
Buccinator
Infection in the danger zone about ___ may spread along the anastomotic pathways between facial and superior ophthalmic veins to reach cavernous venous sinus.
Nose
The facial muscle most responsible for moving the upper lip both upward and laterally to produce a smile is ___
Zygomaticus major
Loss of sensation from the temporal region and loss of secretory function of the parotid gland would be caused by the lesion of the ___ nerve
Auriculotemporal branch of mandibular division of trigeminal
Pulsations felt above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear are from the __ artery
Superficial temporal
The parotid duct opening can be located on the mucosa of the cheek across the ___ tooth
2nd upper molar
A lesion of the facial nerve just after it exits from the stylomastoid foramen would result in ___
An ipsilateral paralysis of facial muscles
Which tissue can be found immediately under aponeurosis of the scalp?
Loose connective
The terminal branch of facial artery which supplies the superior part of the cheek and inferior eyeliner is called the ___ artery
Angular
