Applied Anatomy and Clinical Correlations — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Facial vein is valveless and connects to the _____ through the superior ophthalmic vein

Answer: cavernous sinus

Flashcard 2: Which cranial foramen transmits the accessory meningeal artery?

Answer: Foramen ovale

Extra: The contents of the **foramen ovale** can be remembered with the mnemonic **MALE**: - **M**andibular nerve (CN V3) - **A**ccessory meningeal artery - **L**esser petrosal nerve - **E**missary veins (connecting the cavernous sinus to the pterygoid plexus)

Flashcard 3: Most commonly fractured bone on face is _____ bone

Answer: nasal

Flashcard 4: Sub_____ hemorrhage is bleeding in the potential space between the skull/periosteum/and the scalp/galea aponeurosis.

Answer: galeal

Flashcard 5: Lower tonsillar fossa is related to the _____ process and the glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer: styloid

Flashcard 6: Venous drainage of the face and scalp:_____ and the supraorbital veins join at the medial angle of the eye to form the angular vein, which continues down as facial vein.

Answer: Supratrochlear

Flashcard 7: All muscles of mastication cause _____ of the jaw except: Temporalis

Answer: protrusion

Flashcard 8: _____ nerve loops around the submandibular duct

Answer: Lingual

Flashcard 9: ID Chamber: _____

Answer: Anterior chamber

Flashcard 10: The structure marked X in the image is the _____ artery.

Answer: middle meningeal