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Which artery supplies the tongue?

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The lingual artery

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Which artery supplies the right eye?

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The right opthalmic artery

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Which artery supplies the face from its deep aspect?

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The right maxillary artery

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Which artery supplies the face from its superficial aspect?

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The facial artery

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CNV1 and CNV2

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Right opthalmic and right maxillary nerev

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Name the branches of the opthalmic artery

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The nasal branches of the opthalmic artery

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Arterial anastamoses on the nasal septum

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Kiesselbach’s (Little’s) area

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Epistaxis

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Nosebleeds

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What mainly lines the nasal cavities?

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Respiratory epithelium (pseudostratified columnar with cilia and goblet secreting cells)

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The 3 meatuses and 1 recess of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity

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superior, middle and inferior meatus

Sphenoethmoidal recess

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What forms the floor (the hard palate) of the nasal cavity?

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The maxillae (anteriorly) and the palatine bones (posteriorly)

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Which wall of the nasal septum are the conchae?

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The lateral wall

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What forms the nasal septum?

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The perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone and the vomer (posteriorly) and the septal cartilages (hyaline) anteriorly

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What are paranasal sinuses?

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Air filled spaces within the major bones surrounding the nasal cavities

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What is the maxillary sinus called?

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The antrum (pleural = antra)

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What are the sinuses in the ethmoid bone?

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The ethmoidal air cells

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Which mucosa lines the sinuses?

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Mucous secreting respiratory mucosa

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Where does the sphenoid sinus mucous drain into?

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It drains anteriorly into the sphenoethmoidal recess

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Where does the ethmoidal cells mucous drain into?

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The superior and middle meatus

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Where does the antrum (maxillary sinus) mucous drain into?

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The middle meatus

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Where does the frontal sinus mucosa drain into?

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The middle meatus

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Where do tears drain into?

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The opening of the right nasolacrimal duct into the right inferior meatus

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Where can sinusitis pain be referred?

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It can be referred to the teeth mimicking toothache

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Why are the antrum more predisposed to sinusitis?

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The antral ostia are located superiorly in the medial wall of the antra relative to the floor which means that the antral mucous has to drain superiorly, against gravity

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Which bones can be involved in a base of skull fracture?
The temporal bones
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Which bones contain the special sensory organs of hearing and balance?
The temporal bones
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CNI
cribriform plate of ethmoid
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CNII
optic canal
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CNIII, CNIV, CNVI, CNV1
superior orbital fissure
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V2
Foramen rotundum
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V3
Foramen ovale
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CNVII, CNVIII
Internal acoustic meatus
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CNIX, CNX, CNXI
jugular foramen
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CNXII
hypoglossal canal
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What does the petrous part of the temporal bone contain?
The organs of hearing and balance The facial nerve The VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE
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CNVIII
Vestibulocochlear nerve
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External ear
Auricle to the tympanic membrane
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Middle ear
Tympanic membrane to the oval window (& eustachian tube)
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Internal ear
Oval window to the internal acoustic meatus
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What does the internal ear do?
Converts sensory information on sound/balance into fluid waves then into AP and conducts the APs towards the brainstem
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What does the middle ear do?
Amplifies and conducts sound waves to the internal ear
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What does the external ear do?
Collects and conveys sound waves to the tympanic membrane
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Where are the deep cervical nodes?
In the carotid sheath with the internal jugular vein
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Lymphatic drainage of the auricle?
parotid nodes + mastoid nodes --> deep cervical nodes --> thoracic duct or right lymphatic duct (thoracic duct = left lymphatic duct)
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Tuning fork
512 Hz
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Umbo
Most inwardly depressed part of the membrane
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Pars tensa
Thick part of the tympanic membrane | Posteroinferiorly
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Cone of light
Normally detected anteroinferiorly
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Pars flaccida
Thin part of the tympanic membrane, superiorly
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What makes up the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
The orbital plate of ethmoid, the ethmoidal air cells and the superior and middle conchae
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Which bone do you find the foramen rotundum in?
Sphenoid bone
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Where does the olfactory tract end?
The temporal lobe
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CNV1
Opthalmic nerve
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CNV2
Maxillary nerve
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Which artery supplies the face from the deep aspect?
Maxillary artery
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Which artery nerve supplies the face superficially
The facial artery
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Arterial supply to the nasal cavity?
The nasal arteries of the opthalmic, maxillary and facial arteries
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What forms the roof of the nasal cavity?
The nasal bones and the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
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What forms the floor of the nasal cavity?
Maxillae and the palatine bones
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Where do the sphenoidal sinus drain?
Into the sphenoethmoidal recess
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Where do the ethmoidal sinuses drain?
The ethmoidal cells mucous drain into the superior and missle meatuses
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Where do the frontal sinuses drain?
They drain into the middle meatus
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Where do the antrums mucous drain?
They drain into the middle meatus
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Which sinuses drain into the middle meatus?
The frontal and the antrum sinuses
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Where does the nasolacrimal duct open into?
The inferior meatus
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The nasolacrimal tube is in which bone?
The maxilla
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What is sinusitis?
Inflammation of the mucosa of the paranasal sinuses
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Which nerve is the sensory supply to all of the paranasal sinuses?
Trigeminal nerve (V1 & V2)
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Where are the antral ostia located?
Superiorly, in the medial wall of the antra
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Which nerve supplies the maxilla, mandible, antral mucosa and all of the teeth?
The trigeminal nerve
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Where is the opening of the eustachian/auditory/pharyngotympanic tube?
The lateral wall of the nasopharynx
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Where is the extracranial opening for the carotid canal?
In the temporal bone
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What is the most inferior part of the neurocranium?
The base of the skull
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What contains the organs of hearing and balance, the facial nerve and the vestibulocochlear nerve?
The petrous part of the temporal bone
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Which is the only nerve that does not terminate at the thalamus? (EXAM QUESTION)
The olfactory
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What type of cartilage is the skeelton of the external ear?
Elastic cartilage
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Ceruminous glands in the ear canal?
Produce earwax
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Where are the deep cervical nodes?
In the carotid sheath with the internal jugular vein
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What does the eustachian tube connect?
The eustachian tube connects te tympanic cavity to the lateral wall of the nasopharynx
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Which nerve supplies the middle ear cavity, eustachian tube, nasopharynx, oropharnyx and tonsils?
CNIX
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Which nerve supplies the internal surface of the tympanic membrane?
CNIX
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Which nerve supplies the external surface of the tympanic membrane?
The trigeminal nerve CNV3 auriculotemporal branch
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Where is the tonsil located?
In the mucosa of the lateral wall of the oropharynx
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Pharyngeal tonsil
Adenoid
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Where is the pharyngeal tonsil/adenoid
Mucosa of the nasopharynx
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Another name for the tonsil?
Palatine tonsil
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Which nerve supplies sensory to the laryngopharyngeal bit?
CNX
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Where is the epitympanic recess?
Superior to the tympanic membrane
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Where is the tympanic cavity proper?
Posterior to the tympanic membrane
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What connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx?
The eustachian tube
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The auditory ossicles
The malleus, incus and stapes
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What creates the umbo?
The handle of the malleus
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Aditus
Doorway into the mastoid process
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Where is the tympanic cavity?
In the petrous temporal bone
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What is the promontory?
Bony swelling on the medial wall formed by the cochlea of the internal ear
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Mastoiditis is commonly due to spread of infection from the middle ear to the what?
To the aditus
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In the middle ear cavity, the facial nerve passes through which canal?
The facial canel and the stylomastoid foramen
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Which nerve controls balance?
The vestibular nerve
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Which nerve controls hearing?
The cochlear nerve
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Opening for the ducts of the submandibular salivary glands?
The sublingual papillae
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Parasympathetic nerve supple to the parotid glands?
CNIX
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Parasympathetic nerve supply to the submandibular and sublingual glands
CNVII (facial nerve via its chorda tympani branch)
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General sensory and special sensory to anterior 2/3rds of tongue
Lingual nerve
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Right submnadibular ganglion
The chorda tympani's parasympathetic axons synapse onto the next neurone in the chain
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Which lymph node drains the palatine tonsil?
The regional node (one of the deep cervical nodes) The regional nodes are the nodes that first receive the lymph drained from a given structure
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Where do the deep cervical nodes run along?
The deep cervical nodes run along the internal jugular vein | in the carotid sheath
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Where do the superficial cervical nodes run along?
The superficial cervical nodes run along the external jugular vein
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Where does the tongue drain to?
The submental lymph nodes
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Which nodes are in the retropharyngeal space?
The retropharyngeal lymph nodes
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Where are the submental nodes?
In the neck, posterior to the mental process of the mandible
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Where are the submandibular nodes?
In the neck, superficial to the submandibular gland
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Location of lingual tonsil?
Mucosa of posterior 1/3rd of tongue
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Location of tubal tonsils?
In the mucosa of the opening of the eustachian tube
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Location of palatine tonsils?
Mucosa of soft palate
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Location of pharyngeal tonsil? (adenoid)
Mucosa of the roof of the nasopharynx
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Where are the palatine tonsils?
In the tonsillar fossa/sinus
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Which foramen does CNIX pass through?
CNIX passes through the jugular foramen (supplies stylopharyngeus etc)
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Outer longitudinal muscles of the pharynx
Stylopharyngeus Palatopharyngues Salpingopharyngeus
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Clinical testing on CNX and CNV3
Say 'ah'
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Nerve supply to skeletal muscles of the soft palate
CNX except tensor veli palatini (CNV3)
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Palatine foraminae
CNV2
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Nerve supply to most of tongue muscles
CNXII
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Which part of the brain does the hypoglossal nerve connect with?
Connects with the medulla oblongata as multiple rootlets
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Where does the genioglossus attach?
The genial tubercle of the mandible to the tongue
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CNV3 passes through which foramen?
Foramen ovale
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CNVII passes through which foramen?
Stylomastoid foramen
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