Exam 7: The Head by Regions

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

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

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

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

The buccal artery is a branch of the _____ artery.

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 ________ 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.

All of the following are muscles of the soft palate except the ___________.

The cricothyroid, transverse arytenoid, posterior cricoarytenoid, aryepiglottic, and vocalis are all muscles of the __________________.

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

The __________ surface of a tooth is the masticating, or biting, surface.

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

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

The three major salivary glands are the _______________________________.

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

Speech and language are controlled by which two separate but connected areas in the brain?

The entire blood supply of the face is derived from either the internal or external _______ arteries.

__________ is a rupture of cerebral veins as they enter the superior sagittal sinus that results in a separation of the dura and arachnoid layers and forms a hematoma.

__________ is increased intraocular pressure caused by obstructed outflow of aqueous humor that progressively destroys the exiting fibers of the optic nerve.