Random Questions

Question 1

What nerve is at risk when the submandibular duct is operated on

Answer 1

lingual nerve

Question 2

What is the opening of the submandibular duct into the mouth

Answer 2

sublingual caruncle

Question 3

What is the function of the carotid sinus

Answer 3

Contains baroreceptors that detect and maintain blood pressure

Question 4

What nerve supplies the carotid sinus

Answer 4

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 5

Patient complains of numbness of pinna of ear, what nerve is affected

Answer 5

greater auricular nerve

Question 6

What cranial nerve supplies sensory larynx

Answer 6

vagus

Question 7

Importance of the mylohyoid line in the making of complete lower dentures

Answer 7

you activate your mylohyoid when you swallow and do certain tongue movements so if the denture lies below this line then it’ll move whenever you eat/talk because the muscle will push against it

Question 8

What is the vessel under the optic nerve

Answer 8

internal carotid canal

Question 9

What nerve supplies the middle ear

Answer 9

vestibulocochlear?

Question 10

Stroke caused by bursting of cerebral veins?

Answer 10

subdural haemorrhage

Question 11

What vessel is at risk when there is a fracture to the pterion

Answer 11

middle meningeal artery

Question 12

what artery supplies the motor cortex of head and neck

Answer 12

middle cerebral artery

Question 13

what groups of facial muscles dont work when there is a right internal capsule

Answer 13

left muscles of facial expression

Question 14

what is the function of carotid sinus

Answer 14

contains baroreceptors that detect blood pressure

Question 15

how do we test that the accessory nerve still works and give the anatomical basis of this test

Answer 15

have the patient turn their head to the right while you add resistance to the left or ask the patient to shrug their shoulders whilst you apply pressure - the sternocleidomasoid and trapezius are innervated by the accessory nerve

Question 16

two folds either side of the palatine tonsils in the oropharynx

Answer 16

palatoglossal fold and palatopharyngeal fold

Question 17

what epithelium lines the vocal fold

Answer 17

stratified squamous

Question 18

what sensory nerve supplies sensory innervation of the pharynx

Answer 18

glossopharyngeal

Question 19

patient has had an operation on the submandibular duct to remove stones, and the anterior 1/4 of their tongue is numb, what has caused this and what does that nerve supply

Answer 19

laceration or damage to the lingual nerve, supplies sensory innervation to the anterior 2/3rds of the tongue

Question 20

what muscle protrudes the tongue

Answer 20

genioglossus

Question 21

what muscle restracts the mandible

Answer 21

temporalis

Question 22

what muscle opens the mouth

Answer 22

lateral pterygoid

Question 23

what nerve supplies the upper 3rd molar

Answer 23

posterior superior alveolar nerve

Question 24

Where is the opening of the maxillary ostium in the nasal cavity

Answer 24

semilunar hiatus

Question 25

What bones make up the zygomatic arch

Answer 25

zygomatic bone and temporal bone

Question 26

the tendon of which muscle of mastication lies under the zygomatic arch

Answer 26

temporalis

Question 27

lower lip and chin are numb, what is the anatomical basis of this

Answer 27

damage to the mental nerve

Question 28

What nerve can be affected by a chronic ear infection

Answer 28

vestibulocochlear

Question 29

2 clinical signs that happen when there’s damage to the cervical trunk

Answer 29

constricted pupil and drooping eyelid on one side

Question 30

what goes through the incisive foramen

Answer 30

nasopalatine nerve

Question 31

what nerve goes through the foramen ovale

Answer 31

mandibular division of trigeminal nerve

Question 32

Damage to what nerve would cause numbness in the pinna of the right ear

Answer 32

great auricular nerve

Question 33

What area does the great auricular nerve innervate

Answer 33

pinna/auricle of the ear, surface over parotid gland and the angle of the mandible

Question 34

surgery to the side fo the neck has resulted in dropping eye lid, lack of sweating on the same side. What is damaged to have caused this?

Answer 34

sympathetic cervical trunk damage

Question 35

(surgery to the side fo the neck has resulted in dropping eye lid, lack of sweating on the same side. What is damaged to have caused this?).

• what is another sign of this condition mentioned above

Answer 35

Horner’s syndrome= ptosis (drooping eye lid): anhydrosis (lack of sweating): miosis (constricted pupils)