Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 311: The medial surface of the tympanic membrane is supplied by the _____

Answer: Jacobson's nerve

Flashcard 312: Below the subiculum lies the _____ window

Answer: round

Flashcard 313: The anterior 2/3rds of the tongue is demarcated from the posterior 1/3rd by _____.

Answer: sulcus terminalis

Flashcard 314: The fovea is situated about _____ disc diameters (3 mm) away from the temporal margin of the optic disc.

Answer: 2

Flashcard 315: Parotid duct pierces the buccinator at the level of the _____ molar tooth.

Answer: 2nd upper (maxillary second molar)

Flashcard 316: Facial nerve main trunk emerges from _____ foramen under the posterior belly of digastric

Answer: Stylomastoid

Flashcard 317: _____ sinus opens into the superior meatus

Answer: Posterior ethmoidal

Flashcard 318: The equator is _____mm from the limbus

Answer: 14

Flashcard 319: 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 320: All the muscles of the soft palate are supplied by the pharyngeal plexus, except _____ which is supplied by the nerve to _____, a branch of the mandibular nerve.

Answer: tensor veli palatini; medial pterygoid