Neck — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: The **superior** parathyroid glands are supplied by the _____ branch of the inferior thyroid artery.

Answer: superior

Extra: While both the superior and inferior parathyroid glands are primarily supplied by the inferior thyroid artery (a branch of the thyrocervical trunk), the superior glands are specifically supplied by its superior branch, and the inferior glands by its inferior branch (or the main trunk).

Flashcard 62: _____ fascia is attached to the inner border of the 1st rib and posteriorly to the anterior border of the transverse process of the C7 vertebra.

Answer: Sibson's

Flashcard 63: Modifications of deep cervical fascia:The _____ is formed anteriorly by pre tracheal fascia and posteriorly by the prevertebral fascia.

Answer: carotid sheath

Flashcard 64: _____ vocal cords are formed by the upper free margin of the cricovocal ligament/conus elasticus/cricothyroid membrane

Answer: True

Flashcard 65: The dome-shaped layer of parietal pleura lining the _____ extension of pleural cavity is called pleural cupola

Answer: cervical

Flashcard 66: Structures passing below the inferior constrictors:_____ nerveInferior laryngeal vessels

Answer: Recurrent laryngeal

Flashcard 67: Structures passing between superior and middle constrictors:_____ nerveStylopharyngeus muscle

Answer: Glossopharyngeal

Flashcard 68: _____, interarytenoid and thyroarytenoid (external part) are adductors of vocal cord.

Answer: Lateral cricoarytenoid

Flashcard 69: Modifications of deep cervical fascia:The _____ layer forms the roof of the posterior triangle

Answer: investing

Flashcard 70: _____ vocal cords are also known as vestibular ligaments

Answer: False