A 60-year-old woman presents with progressive loss of voice, numbness, loss of taste on the back part of her tongue, and difficulty in shrugging her shoulders. Her MRI scan reveals a dural meningioma that compresses the nerves leaving the skull. These nerves leave the skull through which of the following openings?
AForamen spinosum
BForamen rotundum
CInternal auditory meatus
DJugular foramen
Following a penetrating injury in the submandibular triangle, the tongue of a 45-year-old patient deviates to the left on protrusion. Which of the following nerves is likely injured?
ALeft hypoglossal nerve
BRight glossopharyngeal nerve
CLeft glossopharyngeal nerve
DRight accessory nerve
A patient presents with winging of the scapula. Which nerve is most likely involved?
AThoracodorsal nerve
BLateral pectoral nerve
CLong thoracic nerve
DMusculocutaneous nerve
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