Head — Flashcards

The medial wall of the middle ear features two bony ridges (extensions) related to the promontory: the _____ and the ponticulus

3 paired cartilages of the nose are _____, lower lateral (alar), and lesser alar (sesamoid cartilage).

The structures piercing through the buccinator muscle are as follows: _____, Buccal nerve (branch of Mandibular nerve), and Molar mucous glands.

All the muscles of the soft palate are supplied by the _____, except for tensor veli palatini which supplied by the mandibular nerve.

Cephalhematoma is a _____periosteal bleed, whereas subgaleal hematoma is a supraperiosteal bleed (supra/sub)

_____ palate is mainly supplied by the greater (descending) palatine artery which is a branch of the third part of maxillary artery.

_____ canal is located at the petrous apex of the temporal bone and is formed by the Petroclinoid ligament/Gruber's ligament.

All muscles of mastication cause _____ of mandible except: lateral pterygoid

Lymphatics of the tongue:_____ part of anterior 2/3rd of tongue drains into B/L jugulodigastric and jugulo-omohyoid lymph nodes

Hint: Margin/Central

_____ palate is supplied by ascending palatine branch of the facial artery, ascending pharyngeal artery and lesser palatine arteries.