Review Sessions 1-4 Flashcards
Which embryological structure do the muscles of mastication develop from
1st pharyngeal arch
What is the main action of corrugator supercilii
Draw eyebrows together
What is posterior auricular nerve
Branch of the facial Nerve
Arises just after it exits the stylomastoid foramen, runs up to supply muscle behind ear and occipitalis muscle
Pre tracheal fascia surrounds
Thyroid gland, oesophagus and pharynx, trachea and larynx
Pre tracheal fascia does not surround
SCM, as this is within deep investing layer (splits to surround SCM and trapezius)
Which examinations are indicated in a patient with Virchow’s node swelling
Abdominal and testicular Examination
A patient presents with a lateral neck lump that is pulsating, bruit is heard. Most likely diagnosis?
Carotid artery paraganglioma
(tumour of carotid artery wall)
A patient presents with a medial neck lump that is pulsating, bruit is heard. Most likely diagnosis?
Thyroid artery aneurysm
What is E and A
E is Superficial temporal artery
A is facial
The pre tracheal and buccopharyngeal fascia does not envelope
SCM and Suprahyoid muscles
Carotid sheath extends from and to
From base of skull inferiorly to the aortic arch
Is the Opthalmic or occipital artery a branch of the external carotid
Occipital
Weird branch not in pneumonic that arises from facial nerve
Posterior auricular
Is maxillary or mandibular a branch of facial nerve
Mandibular
Which bone is unpaired and articulates with the sphenoid
Occipital
which structure lies in the hypophyseal fossa
Pituitary gland