Exam 7: The Head by Regions

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 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 ________, or hearing organ, is shaped like the shell of a snail and communicates with the vestibule and the middle ear.

The usual cause of myofascial pain syndrome (fibromyalgia), which involves pain emanating from fibrous muscle sheaths, muscle, tendons, and ligaments, in the masticator region is ________________.

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

The floor of the mouth is innervated by which three nerves?

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

Which nerve supplies all the structures that arise from the mandibular process?

Articulation of the temporomandibular joint takes place in which of the following two areas?

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

The primary function of facial muscles is to _________________________________.

The largest, and perhaps most troublesome, of the paranasal air sinuses are the _____ sinuses.

When a tooth becomes nonvital, the pulpal tissues die and the remaining necrotic debris usually becomes infected. What causes a tooth to become nonvital?

The pterygopalatine fossa is seen through a narrow cleft, the _____________, between the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the posterior wall of the maxilla.

The ________ is the firm, smooth, fibrous outer covering of the posterior five sixths of the eyeball.

Damage to the upper motor neurons of the facial nerve results in ___________________.

Innervation of the temporomandibular joint is provided primarily by the _____ nerve.

Which of the following is an accurate description of how the eye focuses?

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

In an emergency caused by airway obstruction, the best way to secure a patent airway is with a/an ____________________________.