Unit III Relationships From Practice Exam Flashcards
1
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- A facial artery pulse may be taken where this artery passes directly ______ to the body of the mandible.
A
- lateral (superficial)
2
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- After emerging from the parotid gland, the zygomatic, buccal and marginal mandibular branches of the facial nerve pass _____ to the masseter.
A
- lateral (superficial)
3
Q
- The parotid duct passes _____ and then anterior to the masseter.
A
- lateral (superficial)
4
Q
- The phrenic nerve and ascending cervical artery are positioned directly ______ to the anterior scalene muscle.
A
- anterior
5
Q
5 The external carotid artery is typically positioned ______ to the internal carotid artery.
A
- anterior
6
Q
- The facial artery passes ________ to the intermediate tendon of the digastric and the stylohyoid muscle.
A
- deep
7
Q
- The inferior thyroid artery passes ________ to the common carotid artery.
A
- posterior (deep)
8
Q
- The subclavian artery passes directly _______ to the anterior scalene muscle.
A
- posterior
9
Q
- The hyoid bone is positioned ________ to the thyroid cartilage.
A
- superior
10
Q
- The thoracic duct passes ___________ to the left brachiocephalic vein.
A
- posterior
11
Q
- The cricoid cartilage is positioned ________ to the thyroid cartilage.
A
- inferior
12
Q
- The sternocleidomastoid muscle is positioned ________ to the carotid sheath.
A
- superficial
13
Q
- The loop of the ansa cervicalis passes ________ to the carotid sheath.
A
- lateral (superficial)
14
Q
- The hypoglossal nerve passes ________ to the hyoglossus muscle and ______ to the mylohyoid muscle.
A
- superficial (lateral), deep
15
Q
- The left vagus nerve passes directly _______ to the left subclavian artery.
A
- anterior
16
Q
- The recurrent laryngeal nerve is positioned _________ to the trachea (tracheoesophageal groove).
A
- lateral
17
Q
- The right vagus nerve passes directly __________ to the right subclavian artery.
A
- anterior
18
Q
- The left brachiocephalic vein passes _________ to both the left common carotid artery and the brachiocephalic artery.
A
- anterior
19
Q
- The submandibular gland is positioned directly posterior and _________ to the mylohyoid muscle.
A
- inferior
20
Q
- The maxillary artery passes ________ to the neck of the mandible.
A
- medial (deep)
21
Q
- The articular disc is positioned directly ____ to the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone and directly _________ to the head of the mandible.
A
- inferior, superior
22
Q
- The masseter muscle is positioned ______ and the medial pterygoid is positioned ______ to the ramus of the mandible.
A
- Lateral (superficial), medial (deep)
23
Q
- The temporalis muscle passes _________ to the zygomatic arch.
A
- Deep (medial)
24
Q
- The retromandibular vein is positioned medial and ________ to the ramus of the mandible.
A
- posterior
25
Q
- The greater occipital nerve passes inferior and then ___________ to the inferior oblique muscle before piercing the semispinalis muscle.
A
- posterior
26
Q
- The roots of the brachial plexus typically pass between the anterior scalene and ________ muscles.
A
- Middle scalene
27
Q
- The external jugular vein typically is positioned directly _____ to the SCM.
A
- Superficial (lateral)
28
Q
- At the level of the cavernous sinus, the oculomotor, ophthalmic and trochlear nerves are positioned _______ to the internal carotid artery.
A
- lateral
29
Q
- The infraorbital nerve is positioned directly ________ to the maxillary sinus.
A
- superior
30
Q
- The ethmoidal air cells are positioned _______ to the orbit.
A
- medial
31
Q
- The arytenoid cartilages are positioned directly _______ to the lamina of the cricoid cartilage.
A
- superior
32
Q
- The tonsilar bed is positioned __________ to the palatoglossal fold (arch).
A
- posterior
33
Q
- The vocal fold is positioned ________ to the vestibular fold.
A
- inferior
34
Q
- The tendon of the tensor veli palatini muscles passes __________ to the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate.
A
- inferior
35
Q
- The lingual nerve is positioned directly ________ to the inferior alveolar nerve.
A
- anterior
36
Q
- The lingual nerve passes directly ___________ to the alveolar bone housing the roots of the 3rd molar.
A
- medial
37
Q
- The lingual nerve passes lateral, _________ and medial to the submandibular duct.
A
- inferior
38
Q
- The submandibular duct and sublingual gland are positioned ________ to the mylohyoid muscle.
A
- superior
39
Q
- Within the carotid sheath, the internal jugular vein is positioned directly __________ to the common carotid artery.
A
- lateral
40
Q
- The common carotid artery is positioned directly ________ to the superior cervical ganglion.
A
- anterior