quizzes

• Which of the following structures is located in the submandibular triangle?

  Hypoglossal nerve
• What structure is located at the carotid bifurcation?

  carotid body
• Which of the following arteries is in the posterior triangle of the neck?

  transverse cervical artery
• If you could put Erb's point into one triangle, which one would it be? (You may need to look this one up or listen to the neck lecture also.)

  posterior triangle
• This muscle is considered the posterior boundary of the posterior triangle of the neck (lateral cervical region).

  Trapezius
• This branch of the external carotid artery supplies muscles of the larynx.

  superior thyroid a.

   
• The ansa cervicalis supplies innervation to the infrahyoid muscles

   
• This infrahyoid muscle is considered more superficial in its anatomical location.

  sternohyoid
• Surgery to the thyroid gland presents a risk of damaging the ________. The result is a weakened voice (hoarseness) or complete loss of voice (aphonia).

  recurrent nerve
• These deep structures of the telencephalon regulate willed (intentional) movements.

  Basal ganglia (deep cerebral nuclei)

   
• This artery provides blood supply to the posterior region of the scalp.

  occipital a.
• The laryngeal prominence is a landmark of the ______.

  thyroid cartilage
• Movement at the ______________ joint is most involved in abduction and adduction of the vocal folds.

  Cricoarytenoid joint
• This brain region is involved in regulating the autonomic nervous system.

  hypothalamus
• Which of the styloid muscles blends with the pharyngeal constrictors (inserts on the pharyngeal constrictors)?

  Stylopharyngeus
• The foramen spinosum is an entry point for the ____.

  middle meningeal a.
• pterygopalantine fossa


  It lies deep in the skull and is an area where there is communication between the orbital cavity (above), the nasal cavity, and the palate (below)
• What is the action of the pharyngeal constrictor muscles?

  Contribution to swallowing reflexes including peristalsis
• What is the name of the ring of lymphatic tissue located in the pharynx?

  Waldeyer's ring
• These two structures are found within the vocal folds.

   Vocalis muscle and vocal ligament
• When performing an emergency airway placement the tube should be placed through this structure of the larynx.

  Cricothyroid ligament
• The paranasal sinuses of the skull are normally _____ spaces that communicate with the _____ cavity

  air-filled; nasal
• The external auditory meatus is located in this bone.

  temporal
• Bones of the skull articulate via sutures to form one structure, the cranium. What type of articulations are between these bones?

  Fibrous synchondrosis
• What is the calvaria?

  skull cap
• Pons is part of the ______.

  brainstem
• What does the central sulcus separate?

  frontal and parietal lobes
• Wernicke's area is part of the ________.

  temporal lobe
• What is the relationship between the thalamus and the corpus callosum?

  The thalamus is inferior to the corpus callosum
• Which of the following structures are part of the basal ganglia (basal nuclei)?

  Globus pallidus