Head and neck anatomy

Which muscle protrudes and deviates the tongue

Genioglossus

What muscle depresses and retrudes the tongue

Hyoglossus

What muscle elevates and retrudes the tongue

Styloglossus

What muscle elevates the posterior tongue and draws the soft palate onto the tongue

Palatoglossus

What muscle protrudes and depresses the mandible

Lateral pterygoid

Sensation of the ear comes from the __ nerve

Mandibular (CN V3)

The __ lymph nodes drain the mandbular incisors, chin, tip of the tongue, and lower lip

Submental

What artery is responsible for supplying the upper lip?

Facial artery

Loss of tone in which of the following muscles can result in drooling?

Obicularis oris

T/F: The ASA nerve does not innervate the maxillary molars

T

What nerve must be anesthetized for a biopsy of the anterior left lateral tongue

Lingual

Which artery branches into the maxillary artery to supply blood to the maxilla?

External carotid

“The submandibular gland makes a __ secretion”

mixed

“Serous secretions come through the _ duct”

Stenson

What type of secretions does the sublingual gland produce

Mucous

The parotid gland produces what type of secretions

Serous

What is the only muscle of mastication that does not attach to an area on the ramus

Lateral pterygoid

Damage to which nerve can result in uncontrollable tears

Facial

The terminal portion of which nerve enters the infraorbital canal?

Facial

Which of the following structures develops from Meckel’s cartilage?

Malleus

When observing a patient extraorally from a lateral view, relationships in which two planes can be evaluated?

Anteroposterior and vertical

Which two muscles are responsible for elevating the tongue?

Palatoglossus and styloglossus

Which muscle may displace the mandibular denture as the tongue protrudes?

Genioglossus

Which of the following is attached to the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate?

Superior pharyngeal constrictor

The two small, round, raised, pink-colored bumps on the lateral border of the tongue are representative of…

Lingual tonsils

What structure does the lingual vein ultimately drain into?

Internal jugular vein

What arteries supply blood to the lower lip

Mental and inferior labial

Which of the following cranial nerves are involved in dysphagia?

5, 7, 9, 10, and 12

What muscle is responsible if the pt struggles to open and has uncorrected left deflection

Right lateral pterygoid

Which type of ossification is primarily responsible for maxillary growth?

Intramembranous

Sensation to which area of the tongue is likely to be affected if the lingual nerve is severed during surgery?

Right side only

Which of the following nerves is responsible for innervating the temporalis?

Deep temporal

The submandibular gland wraps around which muscle?

Mylohyoid

What nerves contribute to taste

1, 7, 9, and 10

Which anatomical area does the parotid gland wrap around?

Mandibular ramus

Which nerve provides sensory innervation to the lower lip?

Mental

What muscle deflects the lingual flange of a mandibular denture? 

Mylohyoid

Without treatment, where will a submandibular infection most likely spread next?

Sublingual spaces

Which of the following arteries supplies blood to the fractured tooth?

Maxillary

A branch of which artery supplies the tongue?

External carotid

Which vein does the facial vein drain into?

Internal jugular

Which of the following is known as the mildest type of peripheral nerve injury?

Neuropraxia

What is the central unit of the mandible bound by the roots of the mandibular canines called

Parasymphysis

Which muscle assists the right lateral pterygoid in left lateral movements?

Right medial pterygoid

Damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve has the potential to cause what symptom

Vocal cord paralysis

Three carpules of 2% lidocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine have been administered via inferior alveolar nerve block. During the access preparation, the patient complains of sharp pain. Variations in the distribution of which of the following nerves would most likely lead to inadequate anesthesia from the inferior alveolar nerve block?

Mylohyoid

The ASA nerve branches off which nerve

Infraorbital nerve

What nerve supplies motor innervation to the muscles of the tongue?

Hypoglossal nerve

What structures develop from Meckel’s cartilage

Malleus, incus, sphenomandibular ligament, cartilaginous template on which the mandible forms

Which nerve supplies motor innervation to the buccinator?

Facial

Which of the following muscles depresses the soft palate?

Palatoglossus

Which of the following fascial space infections most often originates from the mandibular second molars?

Submandibular

Which of the following sites does the lateral pterygoid inferior head insert?

Condylar neck

Where does the trigeminal ganglion (CN V) emerge from?

Pons

Which muscle contributes to opening the mouth?

Mylohyoid

The facial nerve does NOT innervate which salivary gland?

Parotid