Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: The _____ turbinate(s) articulate with the maxillary bone

Answer: inferior

Flashcard 92: Facial vein is valveless and connects to the _____ through the inferior ophthalmic vein and deep facial vein

Answer: pterygoid plexus

Flashcard 93: The _____ of the orbit is formed by ethmoid, sphenoid, maxilla and lacrimal bone

Answer: medial wall

Flashcard 94: The height of the upper tarsal plate is about _____ mm and that of the lower tarsal plate is 4 mm.

Answer: 10

Flashcard 95: The muscles producing extorsion of the eyeball are _____ rectus and inferior oblique.

Answer: inferior

Flashcard 96: Lower tonsillar fossa is related to the _____ process and the glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer: styloid

Flashcard 97: Ligament of _____ is attachment of the vitreous to the posterior capsule of the lens.

Answer: Wieger

Flashcard 98: Structures passing through the **Sinus of Morgagni** (gap between skull base and superior constrictor): **P**: _____ **A**: Ascending palatine artery **L**: Levator veli palatini **E**: Eustachian tube

Answer: Palatine branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Extra: The Sinus of Morgagni is the space between the base of the skull and the upper border of the superior constrictor muscle. Note: The **Tensor veli palatini** does NOT pass through this gap; it is lateral to the superior constrictor. The structures passing through are summarized by the mnemonic **PALE**.

Flashcard 99: _____ of the mandible is caused by lateral pterygoid and suprahyoid muscles

Answer: Depression

Flashcard 100: The optic _____ is formed by medially by the body and laterally by the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.

Answer: canal