Session 1 & 2 Flashcards
Name all the extra cranial branches of the facial nerve. (5)
Temporal Zygomatic Buccal Marginal mandibular Cervical
What nerve innervates the muscles of mastication?
Mandibular branch (Vc) of the Trigeminal nerve
Name the 3 main branches of the arch of the aorta.
Brachiocephalic artery
Left common carotid artery
Left Subclavian artery
What artery gives the blood supply to the face?
Facial artery
Nervous supply of the Infrahyoid muscles?
Cervical nerves (C1-C3)
What is the nervous supply of the Suprahyoid muscles?
Cranial nerves
What vessel lies in the posterior triangle of the neck?
EJV
What vessels lie in the anterior triangle if the neck?
Common carotid artery
IJV
Name the borders of the Carotid triangle. (3)
Posterior belly of digastric
Superior belly of omohyoid
Anterior edge of SCM
What fascial layers is the Retropharyngeal space between?
Buccopharyngeal fascia
Prevertebral fascia
What arteries branch off from the subclavian artery?
Thyrocervical artery —> Inferior thyroid artery
Vertebral artery
Which artery is in close proximity to the recurrent laryngeal nerve?
Inferior thyroid artery
Where does the vertebral artery arise from?
Subclavian artery
How does the internal carotid artery enter into the skull
Enters the base of the skull via the Foramen magnum
Then enters the carotid canal - within the petrous part of the temporal bone
State all the branches of the External Carotid artery
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What arteries supply blood to the scalp
Supraorbital artery (ICA) Supratrochlear artery (ICA)
Superficial temporal artery (ECA)
Posterior auricular artery (ECA)
Occipital artery (ECA)
What are the superficial arteries of the face?
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Transverse facial artery Angular artery Lateral nasal artery Maxillary artery Superior labial artery Inferior labial artery Facial artery
State 2 important branches of the Maxillary artery.
Middle Meningeal artery
Sphenopalatine artery
How can infection of the scalp cause meningitis?
Infection can spread via the emissary veins into the dural venous sinuses, which eventually causes infection & inflammation of the meninges.
What vessel can drain backwards into the cavernous sinus?
Facial vein
