Exam 7: The Head by Region

The skeleton of the hard palate is formed by the ___________________.

The inferior and superior _________ arteries provide blood supply to the lower and upper lips.

Toothache in the maxillary arch may be caused by referred pain from an infected sinus because ______________________.

The muscle that originates from the superior position of the tendinous ring and primarily turns the eyeball upward is the ___________________________.

The chorda tympani nerve, which runs through the middle ear, and the greater petrosal nerve are branches of the _________ nerve.

The portion of the ear that is concerned with the reception of sound and balance is the ___________________.

The last branch to arise from the maxillary nerve within the pterygopalatine fossa is the _____________ nerve. It descends along the infratemporal surface of the maxilla, and its branches enter the maxillary sinus.

The five components of the brain are the _________________.

The ________ nerve divides into a superior and inferior division that supplies all of the extraocular muscles except the superior oblique and lateral rectus muscles.

The eyeball and the optic nerve are the primary structures in the _____________.

All of the intrinsic muscles of the larynx are supplied by the laryngeal branches of the ________ nerve.

The oral cavity consists of which two areas?

Four large arteries form an arterial circle (also known as the circle of Willis) around the base of the brain. These arteries are the __________________________.

The three layers of the meninges of the brain are the __________________________.

The _____________ marks the injection site for local anesthesia of the inferior alveolar nerve.

Which two muscles act to raise the pharynx and larynx during the act of swallowing?

The functions of the nose and nasal cavity are respiration, olfaction, filtration, reception of secretions from paranasal air sinuses, and __________________.

All mandibular teeth on the right side are supplied by the right ___________ nerve and on the left side by the left __________ nerve.

The _______ bone consists of a round head that projects upward into the epitympanic recess, two short processes, and a long process that extends inferiorly onto the medial aspect of the tympanic membrane.

The primary muscle of the cheek is the ___________________.