Sensory: Head/Face

Question 1

Motor innervation of the facial expression muscles comes from what?

Answer 1

Facial Nerve (CN VII)

Question 2

Sensory innervation of the face comes from what?

Answer 2

Branches of the Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)

Question 3

What are the three major branches of the Trigiminal Nerve?

Answer 3

1) Ophthalmic Nerve
2) Maxillary Nerve
3) Mandibular Nerve

Question 4

Waht is the main sensory distribution of the Ophthalmic Nerve? (CN V1)

Answer 4

Primarily the face and scalp

Question 5

What is the main sensory innervation of the Maxillary Nerve (CN V2)?

Answer 5

Primarily the cheek and the area lateral to the orbit

Question 6

What is the main sensory innervation of the Mandibular Nerve (CN V3)?

Answer 6

Primarily the chin and temporal region

Question 7

What are the subdivisions of the ophthalmic nerve?

Answer 7

1) Supraorbital Nerve
2) Supratrochlear Nerve
3) External Nasal Nerve
4) Infratrochlear Nerve
5) Lacremal Nerve

Question 8

What are the subdivisions of the Maxillary Nerve?

Answer 8

1) Zygomaticotemporal Nerve
2) Zygomaticofacel Nerve
3) Infraorbital Nerve

Question 9

What are the subdivisions of the Mandibular Nerve?

Answer 9

1) Auriculaotemporal Nerve
2) Buccal Nerve
3) Mental Nerve

Question 10

The nerve that supplies the area of the front of the scalp to the vertex of the head.

Answer 10

Supraorbital Nerve

Question 11

Teh Nere that supplies the external surface of the nose.

Answer 11

External Nasal Nerve

Question 12

The nerve that supplies the area just medial to teh orbit

Answer 12

Infratrochlear Nerve

Question 13

The nerve that is characterized as being a small branch just superior to the eye

Answer 13

Lacrimal Nerve

Question 14

The nerve that supplies a small area just superior to the nose.

Answer 14

Supratrochlear nerve

Question 15

The nerve that supplies the anterior temporal area.

Answer 15

Zygomaticotemporal Nerve

Question 16

The nerve that supplies the area just superficial to the zygomatic (cheek) bone.

Answer 16

Zygomaticofacial Nerve

Question 17

The nerve that supplies the temporal region anterior to the ear

Answer 17

Auriculotemporal Nerve

Question 18

The nerve that Supplies the skin of the cheek.

Answer 18

Buccal Nerve

Question 19

The nerve that supplies the chin

Answer 19

Mental Nerve

Question 20

Teh nerve that is often injured in boxers

Answer 20

Infraorbital Nerve

Question 21

Which nerve is involved with the condition Bell’s Palsy?

Answer 21

Facial Nerve

Question 22

Describe Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Answer 22

A condition charecterized by sudden and severe attacks of pain occuring in the distribution fo the trigeminal nerve.

Question 23

What is often the cause that will increase the condition Tic Douloureux?

Answer 23

Due to any kind of touch to the face, exact cause is truly unknown

Question 24

What are teh areas that are effected by Trigimenal Neuralgia?

Answer 24

Most Common: Maxillary Division
2nd: Mandibular Division
Least: Ophthalmic Divsion

Question 25

What nerves innervate the posterior aspect of the neck and scalp?

Answer 25

the posterior/dorsal primary rami of cervical nerves 2,3,4

Question 26

T/F: C1 has no posterior root carrying sensory fibers, thus is strictly and motor nerve

Answer 26

True

Question 27

The nerve that supplies the occipital region of the head

Answer 27

Greater Occipital Nerve (from posterior primary ramus of C2)

Question 28

The nerve that supplies the upper part of the back of the neck.

Answer 28

Third Occipital Nerve (from the posterior primary ramus of C3)

Question 29

The nerve that supplies the lower part of the back of the neck.

Answer 29

Posterior primary ramus of C4

Question 30

Where does the sensory innervation of the anterior and lateral aspect of the neck come from?

Answer 30

The anterior/ventral primary rami of C 2,3,4