The Head, Face and Neck; Its Muscles, Vessels, Lymphatics, and Important Viscera (Lecture 3)

Question 1

Highest point of the skull’s anatomic position

Answer 1

Vertex

Question 2

Convergence point of frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones

Answer 2

Pterion

Question 3

Boundary landmark for respiratory and GI systems. Opposite of C3 vertebra and cannot be palpated.

Answer 3

Hyoid bone

Question 4

Found on the opposite of C6 vertebra

Answer 4

Cricoid cartilage

Question 5

Lies opposite the lower border of T2 vertebra.

Answer 5

Suprasternal notch

Question 6

The cervical spinal nerves have how many pairs?

Answer 6

8

Question 7

Where is the common carotid artery located?

Answer 7

Underneath the sternocleidomastoid.

Question 8

Supplies the cranial vault

Answer 8

Internal carotid artery

Question 9

Supplies the extracranial areas

Answer 9

External carotid artery

Question 10

Receives blood from the head, neck, and face

Answer 10

Internal just gular vein

Question 11

Where do the lymph vessels in the anterior part of the scalp and forehead drain?

Answer 11

Submandibular lymph nodes

Question 12

Drainage from the lateral part of the scalp above the ear

Answer 12

Superficial parotid nodes (preauricular node)

Question 13

Lymph drainage in the part of the scalp above and behind the ear drain where?

Answer 13

Mastoid node

Question 14

Vessels in the back of the scalp drain where?

Answer 14

Occipital nodes

Question 15

Bound by the anterior belly of the digastric muscle, hyoid bone and midline of the neck

Answer 15

Level 1 cervical lymph node

Question 16

What are the borders of the level 1b cervical lymph node

Answer 16

Anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric and the inferior border of the mandible

Question 17

Located posterior to the cranial nerve 11

Answer 17

2b

Question 18

Anterior to the CN 9

Answer 18

2a