Trimgeminal Nerve

Question 0

Name two deglutinating muscles which are innervated by the trigeminal nerve.

Answer 0

Anterior belly of the diagastric and mylohyoid.

Question 1

Name four primary mastication muscles which are innervated by the somatic (branchial) motor nerve of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.

Answer 1

Temporalis, masseter, medial and lateral pteygoid.

Question 2

The sensory root of the trigeminal nerve is smaller than the motor root. True/False.

Answer 2

False.

Question 3

The trigeminal ganglion is located in the dura mater fold on the __ of the petrosal portion of the ___ bone.

Answer 3

Trigeminal impression, temporal.

Question 4

The cell bodies of primary sensory neurons of the trigeminal nerve lie in the ___ ganglion.

Answer 4

Trigeminal.

Question 5

Name the nerve lying in the vomer groove of the nasal septum?

Answer 5

Nasopalatine nerve.

Question 6

Name the nerve that innervates the mucous membrane on the torus tubaris.

Answer 6

Pharyngeal nerve of the nasal nerve.

Question 7

Name the nerve which innervates the palatine tonsil.

Answer 7

palatine nerve of the pterygopalatine ganglion

Question 8

Name the pathway of the taste impulse from the palate to the tractus solitarius in sequence.

Answer 8

Palatine N, Pterygopalatine ganglion, Nerve of the pterygoid canal, greater petrossal of the genicular ganglion, Nervus intermedius, tractus solitarius

Question 9

The sensory root of the mandibular nerve emerges from the cranial cavity through the?

Answer 9

Foramen ovale.

Question 10

Name the nerve which locates between the tensor veli palatini medially and the lateral pterygoid laterally just outsidde the foramen ovale in the infratemporal region.

Answer 10

Mandibular nerve

Question 11

Name the branch of the posterior trunk of the madibular nerve.

Answer 11

auriculotemporal and lingual nerves

Question 12

The meningial nerve of the mandibular nerve enters the skull through the?

Answer 12

Foramen spinosum of the shenoid.

Question 13

The tensor veli palatini is innervated by the

Answer 13

Nerve to the medial pterygoid

Question 14

Name the nerve which encircles the middle meningial artery?

Answer 14

Auriculotemporal nerve

Question 15

Name the nerve which passes between the sphenomandibular ligament and the ramus of the mandible.

Answer 15

auriculotemporal nerve

Question 16

Name the nerve that innervate the temporomandibular joint.

Answer 16

masseteric nerve

Question 17

The secretomotor fibers to the parotid gland are carried by the parotid branches of the?

Answer 17

Auriculotemporal nerve

Question 18

Name the nerve that is closely related to the submandibular ganglion.

Answer 18

Lingual nerve.

Question 19

The mylohyoid nerve passes above the mylohyoid muscle. T/F?

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Pain from an ulcer on the tongue can radiate to the ear and temporal fossa over the distribution of?

Answer 20

Auriculotemporal nerve

Question 21

Name the artery which accompaniesthe inferior alveolar in the mandibular canal.

Answer 21

Inferior alveolar artery of the maxillary artery

Question 22

The mylohyoid nerve is located in the ___________sulcus that is under the mylohyoid line of the mandible.

Answer 22

Mylohyoid groove

Question 23

Trigeminal neuralgia is also known as?

Answer 23

Tic dolereux

Question 24

Three nuclei of termination of the trigeminal nerve are ___, ___ and ___.

Answer 24

Mesencephalic, pontine, and spinal nuclei.

Question 25

The spinal nucleus of the trigeminal nerve in the medulla oblongata is continuous in the spinal cord as ___.

Answer 25

Substantia gelatinosa of Roland.

Question 26

The oopthalmic nerve communicates with the ___, ___ and ___ nerves for the proprioceptive sensory nerves.

Answer 26

Oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens.

Question 27

Name the nerve which carries the recurrent meningeal nerve of the opthalamic nerve to the tentorium cerebelli.

Answer 27

Trochlear.

Question 28

The opthalmic nerve exits the cranial cavity thru the superior orbital fissure. True/False.

Answer 28

True.

Question 29

At the superior orbital fissure, the opthalmic nerve divides into the ___, ___ and ___ nerves.

Answer 29

Lacrimal, frontal and nasociliary.

Question 30

Name the nerve which enters the orbit thru the lateral part of the superior orbital fissure and receives a branch from the zygomaticotemporal nerve of the maxillary nerve.

Answer 30

Lacrimal.

Question 31

Name the nerve which lies above the levator palpebra superioris.

Answer 31

Frontal.

Question 32

Which nerve receives fibers from the zygomatictemporal nerve of the zygomatic nerve?

Answer 32

Lacrimal.

Question 33

Name the nerve which innervates the skin of the forehead, the scalp and frontal sinus mucosa.

Answer 33

Supraorbital.

Question 34

Name all the sensory nerves which involve transmitting the itching sense from the apex of the nose to the trigeminal ganglion in sequence.

Answer 34

External nasal -> Anterior ethmoidal -> Nasociliary -> Opthalmic -> Trigeminal ganglion.

Question 35

Name the nerve which enters the nasal cavity thru a slit in the lateral side of the crista galli.

Answer 35

Anterior ethmoidal.

Question 36

The nasociliary nerve communicates with the ciliary ganglion mainly for the fibers of…

Answer 36

Somatic sensory nerve.

Question 37

The ciliary ganglion gives off the ___ nerves to the ciliary body, iris and cornea.

Answer 37

Long ciliary.

Question 38

Name the nerve which runs anteriorly in the eyeball between the sclera and the choroid to the ciliary body, iris and cornea.

Answer 38

Long ciliary nerve.

Question 39

The sphenoid sinuses are innervated by…

Answer 39

Posterior ethmoidal nerve.

Question 40

Name the nerve which passes horizontally forward along the lower part of the lateral wall of the cavernous dura venous sinus.

Answer 40

Maxillary.

Question 41

Name the nerve which accompanies the frontal branch of the middle meningeal artery.

Answer 41

Middle meningeal.

Question 42

The ganglionic nerves of the maxillary nerve connect to…

Answer 42

Pterygopalatine ganglion.

Question 43

Name the nerve which innervates the skin on the prominence of the cheek.

Answer 43

Zygomaticofacial.

Question 44

The middle superior alveolar nerve arises from the…

Answer 44

Infraorbital nerve.

Question 45

Name the largest peripheral ganglion of the parasympathetic nervous system.

Answer 45

Pterygopalatine ganglion.