Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 131: Cochlear duct is connected to the _____ by ductus reuniens.

Answer: saccule

Flashcard 132: The sclera is the thinnest _____ to the insertion of the rectus muscles.

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 133: Angiofibroma arises from _____ part of nasal cavity close to the superior margin of sphenopalatine foramen

Answer: posterior

Flashcard 134: Parasympathetic pathway of the parotid gland:The _____ nerve passes through the foramen ovale to relay in the otic ganglion

Answer: lesser petrosal

Flashcard 135: Relations of parotid gland:Superficial surface is related to the skin, superficial fascia, _____ nerve, parotid lymph nodes, and platysma.

Answer: greater auricular

Flashcard 136: The main muscles that open the jaw (depress the mandible) are the _____, digastric, and geniohyoid

Answer: lateral pterygoid

Extra: The lateral pterygoid is the primary muscle of mastication for jaw opening (mandibular depression). The suprahyoid muscles (digastric, geniohyoid, and mylohyoid) assist in depression when the hyoid bone is fixed by the infrahyoid muscles.

Flashcard 137: The _____ of the orbit is formed by zygomatic and maxilla bone

Answer: floor

Flashcard 138: CN _____ exits the skull through the foramen rotundum

Answer: V2

Flashcard 139: Dangerous area of the nose is bounded: - Laterally by the _____ turbinate - Medially by the corresponding part of the septum - Above by the cribriform plate of ethmoid

Answer: superior

Flashcard 140: _____ is that part of the middle ear around the Eustachian tube opening.

Answer: Protympanum