Terms Lab 25 (complete)

Question 1

facial nerve

Answer 1

(cranial nerve VII) emerges just caudal to the external acoustic meatus; many branches swirl out from the origin

Question 2

ventral buccal nerve

Answer 2

Branch of the facial nerve; travels along the ventral edge of the masseter muscle

Question 3

dorsal buccal nerve

Answer 3

Branch of the facial nerve; travels along the across the dorsal part of the masseter muscle

Question 4

auriculopalpebral nerve

Answer 4

Most dorsal branch from the facial nerve; short trunk

Question 5

rostral auricular nerve branches

Answer 5

Caudal branch from the auriculopalpebral nerve (trunk))

Question 6

palpebral nerve branches

Answer 6

Rostral branch from the auriculopalpebral nerve (trunk)

Question 7

mandibular nerve

Answer 7

Trigeminal nerve (cranial nerve V) deep to the ramus of the mandible; many branches

Question 8

lingual nerve

Answer 8

Most rostral branch of the mandibular nerve; longest branch; seen on the surface of the pterygoid muscles; travels ventrally to the tongue

Question 9

inferior alveolar nerve

Answer 9

Middle branch of the mandibular nerve seen on the pterygoid muscles; passes into the mandibular foramen in the medial aspect of the ramus

Question 10

maxillary nerve

Answer 10

Travels across the pterygoid muscles ventral to the orbit

Question 11

infraorbital nerve

Answer 11

Continuation of the maxillary nerve

Question 12

vagus nerve

Answer 12

Cranial nerve (X) travels in the carotid sheath as the vagosympathetic trunk

Question 13

cervical sympathetic trunk

Answer 13

Portion of the vagosympathetic trunk?

Question 14

cranial cervical ganglion

Answer 14

Located deep; ventral to the external acoustic meatus

Question 15

hypoglassal nerve

Answer 15

Cranial nerve VIII emerges caudoventral to the external acoustic meatus; travels to the root of the tongue over the hypoglossus muscle

Question 16

thyroid gland

Answer 16

Located in the neck along the common carotid artery and trachea

Question 17

external and internal parathyroid glands

Answer 17

Located on the thyroid gland; small round gland

Question 18

esophagus

Answer 18

Tube

Question 19

trachea

Answer 19

Cartilaginous tube

Question 20

tracheal cartilages

Answer 20

Present on trachea

Question 21

medial retropharyngeal lymph node

Answer 21

Huge LN located just caudal to the mandibular salivary gland; caudoventral to the external acoustic meatus; mostly deep

Question 22

common carotid artery

Answer 22

Large deep artery that travels cranially from the neck; slightly deep

Question 23

internal carotid artery

Answer 23

Dorsal branch from the common carotid artery

Question 24

carotid sinus

Answer 24

Small dilation in the internal carotid artery

Question 25

external carotid artery

Answer 25

Ventral branch from the common carotid artery

Question 26

occipital artery

Answer 26

Ventral branch from the external carotid artery; runs along side the internal carotid

Question 27

lingual artery

Answer 27

Ventral branch from the external carotid artery

Question 28

facial artery

Answer 28

First ventral branch from the maxillary artery; medial to the digastric muscle

Question 29

sublingual artery

Answer 29

Branch of the facial artery; travels the medial aspect of the mandible

Question 30

maxillary artery

Answer 30

Continuation of the external carotid artery; travels deep near the pterygoid muscles

Question 31

inferior alveolar artery

Answer 31

Second branch from the maxillary artery; cranial to the facial artery

Question 32

external ophthalmic artery

Answer 32

Tiny artery that branches from the maxillary artery; enters the periorbita to supply muscles

Question 33

infraorbital artery

Answer 33

Continuation of maxillary artery as it travels through the infraorbital foramen