Exam 7: The Head by Regions

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.

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

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

Depression of the mandible is accomplished by bilateral contractions of the _____ muscles(s).

The soft palate is the movable posterior third of the palate. It ends posteriorly as a free edge with a pendulous projection called the _______.

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.

Perilymph and endolymph are found in which of the following?

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.

All of the following are muscles of the tongue except the ___________.

Saliva contains high levels of ___________, which can precipitate spontaneously as supragingival calculus, particularly on the lingual surfaces of the mandibular anterior teeth.

The trigeminal nerve is cranial nerve V (CN V). The maxillary and mandibular nerves are branches of cranial nerve V, such that ______________.

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

The five components of the brain are the _________________.

The __________ nerve is the second of three large divisions to arise from the trigeminal ganglion within the middle cranial fossa. It follows a complicated course through four regions of the head and gives rise to sensory branches as it passes through each region.

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

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

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

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

The ___________ is the only muscle that does not originate from the tendinous ring. It turns the eyeball superiorly and laterally and is supplied by a branch of the oculomotor nerve.