Head and neck fascial spaces — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The confluence of sinuses drain into _____ sinuses

Answer: transverse

Flashcard 2: The semicircular canals of the inner ear are filled with _____-lymph

Answer: endo

Flashcard 3: Infections involving the _____ can extend directly into the superior mediastinum and cause acute necrotizing mediastinitis

Answer: retropharyngeal space

Flashcard 4: What white matter tract connects Broca's area and Wernicke's area?

Answer: Arcuate fasciculus

Extra: The arcuate fasciculus is a bundle of axons that connects Broca's area and Wernicke's area. Lesions to this tract result in **conduction aphasia** (characterized by poor repetition but relatively preserved comprehension and speech production).

Flashcard 5: What lymph node cluster drains the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, and auditory tubes?_____

Answer: Retropharyngeal lymph nodes

Flashcard 6: Where does osteomyelitis most commonly occur in adults?_____

Answer: Vertebral bodies

Flashcard 7: The ansa cervicalis innervates the _____ muscles of the anterior neck (*except)

Answer: strap (infrahyoid)