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1
Q

In which layer of the scalp would you find the most blood vessels?

  1. Skin
  2. Periosteum
  3. Dense Connective Tissue
  4. Epicranial Aponeurosis
A

Answer: 3

  • Dense connective tissue
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Which of the following arteries is a branch of the internal carotid artery?

  1. Superficial temporal
  2. Supra-orbital
  3. Occipital
  4. Posterior auricular
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Answer: 2

  • Supra-orbital
  • Note:*
  • Branches of the external carotid is SALFOPS-M
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What are the branches of the external carotid artery?

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  • Superior thyroid artery
  • Ascending pharyngeal artery
  • Lingual artery
  • Facial artery
  • Occipital artery
  • Posterior auricular artery
  • Maxillary artery
  • Superficial temporal artery
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The action of which muscle can prolong bleeding in a scalp laceration?

  1. Temporalis
  2. Buccinator
  3. Platysma
  4. Occipitofrontalis
A

Answer: 4

  • Occipitofrontalis

Rationale:

  • The pull of the occipitofrontalis muscle prevents the closure of the bleeding vessel and surrounding skin
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Which of these makes up the anterior border of the pterygopalatine fossa?

  1. Palatine bone
  2. Inferior orbital fissure of eye
  3. Posterior wall of maxillary sinus
  4. Pterygomaxillary fissure
A

Answer: 3

  • Posterior wall of the maxillary sinus

Rationale:

  • Borders of the pterygopalatine fossa
    • Anterior
      • Posterior wall of the maxillary sinus
    • Posterior
      • Pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone
    • Inferior
      • Palatine bone and palatine canals
    • Superior
      • Inferior orbital fissure of the eye
    • Medial
      • Perpendicular plate of the palatine bone
    • Lateral
      • Pterygomaxillary fissure
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The posterior superior alveolar nerve, which travels through the pterygomaxillary fissure, is a branch of which nerve?

  1. Maxillary nerve
  2. Glossopharyngeal nerve
  3. Abducens nerve
  4. Lingual nerve
A

Answer: 1

  • Maxillary nerve
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Which of the following is not a branch of the maxillary artery?

  1. Sphenopalatine artery
  2. Basilar artery
  3. Descending palatine artery
  4. Infraorbital artery
A

Answer: 2

  • Basilar

Rationale:

  • The basilar artery is formed by the confluence of the left and right vertebral arteries
  • Branches of the maxillary artery include, but are not limited to:
    • Descending palatine artery – branches into greater and lesser palatine arteries (hard and soft palates)
    • Infraorbital artery (lacrimal gland, and some muscles of the eye)
    • Posterior superior alveolar artery (to the teeth and gingiva)
    • Sphenopalatine artery (to the nasal cavity)
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Through which foramen does the mandibular nerve descend?

  1. Spinosum
  2. Ovale
  3. Rotundum
  4. Auricular canal
A

Answer: 2

  • Ovale
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Which bone makes up the majority of the lateral boundary of the anterior cranial fossa?

  1. Frontal bone
  2. Ethmoid bone
  3. Sphenoid bone
  4. Parietal bone
A

Answer: 1

  • Frontal bone

Borders:

  • Anteriorly and laterally
    • Frontal bone
  • Posteriorly and medially
    • Limbus of the sphenoid bone
  • Posteriorly and laterally
    • Lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
  • Floor
    • Frontal bone, ethmoid bone and the anterior aspects of the body and lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
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Which of the following bones does not contribute to the floor of the anterior cranial fossa?

  1. Frontal bone
  2. Ethmoid bone
  3. Occipital bone
  4. Sphenoid bone
A

Answer: 3

  • Occipital bone
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Which part of the anterior cranial fossa is most likely to fracture?

  1. Frontal crest
  2. Lesser wing of the sphenoid
  3. Cribiform plate
  4. Crista galli
A

Answer: 3

  • Cribriform plate
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Which bone forms the anterior border of the middle cranial fossa?

  1. Frontal bone
  2. Sphenoid bone
  3. Ethmoid bone
  4. Parietal bone
A

Answer: 2

  • Sphenoid

Border of the middle cranial fossa

  • Anteriorly and laterally
    • Lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
  • Anteriorly and medially
    • Limbus of the sphenoid bone
  • Posteriorly and laterally
    • Superior border of the petrous part of the temporal bone
  • Posteriorly and medially
    • Dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone
  • Floor
    • Body and greater wing of the sphenoid, and the squamous and petrous parts of the temporal bone
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Which of the following does not contribute to the floor of the middle cranial fossa?

  1. Greater wing of the sphenoid
  2. Squamous part of the temporal bone
  3. Petrous part of the temporal bone
  4. Dorsum sellae of the sphenoid
A

Answer: 4

  • Dorsum sellae of the sphenoid

Rationale:

  • The floor is formed by the body and greater wing of the sphenoid, and the squamous and petrous parts of the temporal bone
  • 4 - Posterior medial border
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Which bone forms the posterior border of the posterior cranial fossa?

  1. Frontal bone
  2. Sphenoid bone
  3. Occipital bone
  4. Temporal bone
A

Answer: 3

  • Occipital

Borders

  • Anteriorly and medially
    • Dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone
  • Anteriorly and laterally
    • Petrous part of the temporal bone
  • Posteriorly
    • Squamous part of the occipital bone
  • The floor
    • Mastoid part of the temporal bone and the squamous, condylar and basilar parts of the occipital bone
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Which of the following does not contribute to the floor of the posterior cranial fossa?

  1. Mastoid part of temporal bone
  2. Petrous part of temporal bone
  3. Condylar part of occipital bone
  4. Basilar part of occipital bone
A

Answer: 2

  • Petrous part of temporal bone

Rationale:

  • 2 - The petrous part of the temporal bone forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa
  • The floor consists of the mastoid part of the temporal bone and the squamous, condylar and basilar parts of the occipital bone
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Which of the following bones does not contribute to the calvarium of the cranium?

  1. Parietal bone
  2. Frontal bone
  3. Sphenoid bone
  4. Occipital bone
A

Answer: 3

  • Sphenoid

Rationale:

  • The sphenoid forms part of the cranial base
  • Calvarium is comprised of the frontal, occipital and two parietal bones
17
Q

Which of the following bones does not articulate with the cranial base?

  1. Atlas
  2. Axis
  3. Facial bones
  4. Mandible
A

Answer: 2

  • Axis

Rationale:

  • Cranial base: Comprised of six bones – the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, occipital, parietal and temporal bones
  • These bones are important as they provide an articulation point for the 1st cervical vertebra (atlas), as well as the facial bones and the mandible (jaw bone)
18
Q

How many individual bones contribute to the facial skeleton?

  1. Ten
  2. Eleven
  3. Thirteen
  4. Fourteen
A

Answer: 4

  • Fourteen
19
Q

Which of the following bones does not contribute to the floor of the orbit?

  1. Maxilla
  2. Palatine
  3. Frontal
  4. Zygomatic
A

Answer: 3

  • Frontal

Borders of the orbit

  • Spread your MaPZ on the Floor
    • Maxillary
    • Palatine
    • Zygomatic
  • Late Lazy but Great - Lateral wall
    • Lacrimal
    • Greater wing of sphenoid
  • “SMELl with your nose” - Medial wall (near the nose)
    • Sphenoid
    • Maxillary
    • Ethmoid
    • Lacrimal
  • “RooF-LESS”: The Roof is made up of
    • Frontal bone
    • Lesser wing of the sphenoid
20
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Which of the following is not transmitted within the inferior orbital fissure?

  1. Optic nerve
  2. Maxillary nerve
  3. Inferior opthalmic vein
  4. Sympathetic nerves
A

Answer: 1

  • Optic nerve

Rationale:

  • The optic nerve passes thru the optic canal
    • CO-SSSS-AA-JJJ-H
  • The optic canal transmits:
    • Optic nerve
    • Ophthalmic artery
  • The superior orbital fissure transmits;
    • Lacrimal, frontal, trochlear (CN IV), oculomotor (CN III), nasociliary and abducens (CN VI) nerves
    • Superior ophthalmic vein
  • The inferior orbital fissure transmits:
    • Maxillary nerve (a branch of CN V), the inferior ophthalmic vein, and sympathetic nerves
21
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Which of the following bones is unpaired and articulates with the sphenoid?

  1. Palatine
  2. Parietal
  3. Zygomatic
  4. Occipital
A

Answer: 4

  • Occipital

Rationale:

  • Has articulations with twelve other bones:
    • Unpaired bones – Occipital, vomer, ethmoid and frontal bones
    • Paired bones – Temporal, parietal, zygomatic and palatine bones
22
Q

Which structure lies in the hypophyseal fossa?

  1. Hypothalamus
  2. Thyroid gland
  3. Pituitary gland
  4. Maxillary nerve
A

Answer: 3

  • Pituitary gland
23
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The foramen spinosum conducts the middle meningeal neurovascular structures. Where in the sphenoid bone is it found?

  1. Body
  2. Greater wing
  3. Lesser wing
  4. Pterygoid process
A

Answer: 2

  • Greater wing
24
Q

The ethmoid air cells are found in which part of the ethmoid bone?

A

Ethmoidal labyrinths

25
Q

Which structure attaches to the crista galli?

A

Falx cerebri

26
Q

The perpendicular plate forms what part of the nasal septum?

A

Superior two thirds

27
Q

Which muscles originates from the lower part of the squamous bone?

A

Temporalis

28
Q

Which artery can be damaged in a fracture of the pterion?

A

Middle meningeal artery

29
Q

The alveolar border refers to which border of the mandibular body?

A

Superior

30
Q

Which foramina is located on the body of the mandible?

A

Mental foramen

Note:

  • The mandibular foramen is located in the ramus
31
Q

The mandibular foramen acts as a conduit for which nerve?

A

Inferior alveolar nerve

32
Q

Which of the following does not contribute to the cartilage of the nose?

  1. Lateral cartilage
  2. Major alar cartilage
  3. Minor alar cartilage
  4. Meniscal cartilage
A

Answer: 4

  • Meniscal cartilage
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