Head & Neck — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: _____ humor fills the vitreous chamber of the eye

Answer: Vitreous

Flashcard 52: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) can arise from problems involving: - temporomandibular _____ derangement - pathologic contraction of muscles of mastication - mandibular nerve hypersensitivity

Answer: joint

Flashcard 53: What bony opening transmits **CN II** and the **ophthalmic artery**? _____

Answer: Optic canal

Extra: The optic canal is located in the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone.

Flashcard 54: CNs III, IV, VI, and V1 exit the skull through the _____

Answer: superior orbital fissure

Extra: All the eye muscle nerves + V1

Flashcard 55: The maxillary sinus drains into the _____ meatus

Answer: middle

Flashcard 56: The _____ muscle is responsible for dampening of loud noises

Answer: tensor tympani

Flashcard 57: Sympathetic fibers from the superior cervical ganglion innervate the pupillary dilator muscle via _____ nerves

Answer: long ciliary

Flashcard 58: CN IX (glossopharyngeal) provides motor innervation to the _____ muscle

Answer: stylopharyngeus

Flashcard 59: The auriculotemporal nerve supplies sensory innervation _____ of the ear

Answer: in front

Flashcard 60: Identify the bony opening that transmits the middle meningeal artery: _____

Answer: Foramen spinosum