Exam 7: The Head by Regions

In the larynx, a fibroelastic sheet between the vocal folds above and the superior border of the cricoid cartilage below, which is also referred to as the conus elasticus, is the ________________.

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

The venous flow from areas supplied by the maxillary artery to the maxillary vein is through a complex configuration of tributaries called the __________________________.

Which of the following are muscles of mastication?

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

The primary muscle of the lips is the ______________ muscle, which also is the sphincter of the mouth.

The floor of the nasal cavity is the _______________________.

The oral cavity consists of which two areas?

The larynx serves as an air passage between the _____________.

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

Cavernous sinus thrombosis is a ___________________________.

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux), in which pain may be triggered by a light touch to the face, is a disorder of the _________________________.

The _______ nerve passes into the parotid gland and becomes plexiform and forms five sets of branches-temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular, and cervical-that supply the superficial muscles of facial expression and the platysma muscle.

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

The primary muscle of the cheek is the ___________________.