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The Face Flashcards

1
Q

What bone of the skull is on the side of the head, towards the anterior and is anterior to the temporal bone? Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended.

A

Sphenoid Bone

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2
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What bone of the skull makes up the forehead?

A

Frontal Bone

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3
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What is the smallest and most fragile bone of the skull? It is located close the the eye.

A

Lacrimal Bones

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4
Q

What bones form the bridge of the nose?

A

Nasal Bones

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5
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What bone forms the prominence of the cheek?

A

Zygomatic Bone

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6
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What bones form the sides and the roof of the skull?

A

Parietal Bones

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7
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What bone of the skull is situated around the temple?

A

Temporal Bone

“Temp” is in both

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8
Q

What bone makes up the back of the skull?

A

Occipital Bone

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9
Q

What bone makes up the lower jaw?

A

Mandible

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10
Q

What bones make up the upper jaw?

A

Maxilla

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11
Q

What are the muscles of facial expression?

A 
Orbicularis Oculi
Orbicularis Oris
Frontalis
Auricularis
Nasalis
Mentalis
Buccinator
Platysma
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12
Q

What are the muscles of mastication?

A

Masseter
Temporalis
Lateral Pterygoid
Medial Pterygoid

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13
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What innervates the muscles of facial expression?

A

Facial Nerve (CN VII)

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14
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What innervates the muscles of mastication?

A

Mandibular Nerve (CN V-3)

which is a branch of the Trigeminal Nerve (CN V)

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15
Q

What muscle allows you to squint your eyes?

A

Orbicularis Oculi

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16
Q

What muscle allows you to pucker for a kiss?

A

Orbicularis Oris

17
Q

What muscle allows you to wrinkle your brow?

A

Frontalis

18
Q

What muscles allow you to wiggle your ear?

A

Auricularis

19
Q

What is the main sensory nerve of the face?

A

Trigeminal (CN V)

20
Q

What are the branches of the trigeminal nerve?

A

Opthalmic (CN V-1)
Maxillary (CN V-2)
Mandibular (CN V-3)

21
Q

What are the branches of the opthalmic nerve V-1?

A

Supraorbital

Supratrochlear

22
Q

What are the branches of the maxillary nerve V-2?

A

Infraorbital

23
Q

What are the branches of the mandibular nerve V-3?

A

Auriculotemporal
Lingual
Inferior Alveolar
-Mental

24
Q

What is the main motor nerve of the face?

A

Facial (CN VII)

25
Q

What are the branches of the facial nerve?

A 
Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Mandibular
Cervical

“Ten Zebras Bought My Car”

26
Q

Which of the trigeminal nerves are purely sensory?

A

V-1 and V-2 are purely sensory. V-3, the mandibular nerve, carries both motor and sensory branches.

27
Q

What receives the parasympathetic branches? What are the parasympathetic branches in the face?

A

The parotid and submandibular glands/

CN VII and IX are the parasympathetic branches

28
Q

What are the branches of the external carotid artery?

A 
Superior Thyroid
Ascending Pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior Auricular
Maxillary
Superficial Temporal

SALFORMS

29
Q

What runs through the pterygomaxillary fissure?

A

Maxillary Artery

30
Q

Where is the weak part of the skull?

A

Pterion

31
Q

What runs beneath the pterion that is vulnerable to injury?

A

Middle Meningeal Artery

32
Q

Describe the flow of lymph in the face.

A

Flow goes from superficial nodes to deep cervical nodes to the thoracic duct or the right lymphatic duct

33
Q

What are the superficial lymph nodes?

A 
Occipital
Mastoid
Parotid
Superficial Cervical
Submandibular
Submental
34
Q

What are the deep lymph nodes?

A

Jugulodigastric (Upper Deep Cervical)

Juguloomohyoid (Lower Deep Cervical)

35
Q

What is the arterial supply of the face?

A

Facial Artery
Superficial Temporal Artery
Maxillary Artery

36
Q

What are some important branches of the maxillary artery?

A

Mandibular Part

  • Middle Meningeal Artery
  • Inferior Alveolar Artery

Pterygopalatine Part

  • Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery
  • Infraorbital Artery
  • Descending Palatine Artery
  • Sphenopalatine Artery
37
Q

What is the temporomandibular joint?

A

A joint of the jaw between the mandible and the temporal bone that can sometimes have a slipped disc that leads to great pain.

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