Exam 7: The Head by Region

The ___________ muscle is used as a landmark to divide the maxillary artery into three parts: (1) the portion before the muscle, (2) the portion passing over the muscle, and (3) the part after crossing the muscle.

The _________ nerve exits from the skull through the stylomastoid foramen at the base of the skull and has five main groups of branches, including temporal branches, zygomatic branches, and buccal branches.

The three major salivary glands are the _______________________________.

If inflammation of the gums or gingivitis is left untreated, the disease may spread to other supporting structures and alveolar bone, a condition called _________.

The hollow space within the crown and neck of a tooth that contains odontoblasts, connective tissue cells, and blood vessels and arteries is the ______________________.

The midline partition of bone and cartilage that divides the nasal cavity into right and left portions is the _______________________.

The __________ membrane stretches across the medial end of the external auditory meatus of the ear and vibrates in sympathy with incoming sound waves.

Blood return from the brain flows to special channels in the skull called ________, which contain no valves and do not have regular venous walls.

The ________ is a midline fold of mucous membrane running from the lingual gingiva posteriorly to the undersurface of the tongue.

Perilymph and endolymph are found in which of the following?

The ________ is a small, crescent midline fold interposed between the right and left cerebellar hemispheres.

A discrete layer of deep fascia of the face is found in the ____________________.

The nerve supply of the face is derived principally from which of the following?

The ________ nerve branches from the inferior alveolar nerve and passes to the face through the mental foramen. It sends branches to supply the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip, the skin of the chin, and the vestibular gingiva of the mandibular incisors.

The thalamus, epithalamus, hypothalamus, and the hypophysis cerebri are four functional areas of the _______________________________.

Malocclusion may be caused in the developing child for all of the following reasons except ___________.

The position of the mandible in which freeway space is closed and the teeth come into maximal contact in the midline is referred to as _________________.

The larynx serves as an air passage between the _____________.

Which of the following are muscles of mastication?

The floor of the nasal cavity is the _______________________.