Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 91: The _____ turbinate(s) articulate with the maxillary bone

Answer: inferior

Flashcard 92: Facial vein is valveless and connects to the _____ through the inferior ophthalmic vein and deep facial vein

Answer: pterygoid plexus

Flashcard 93: _____ is a gap present between the base of the skull and the upper border of superior constrictor muscle.

Answer: Sinus of Morgagni

Flashcard 94: Lower tonsillar fossa is related to the _____ process and the glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer: styloid

Flashcard 95: The muscles producing extorsion of the eyeball are _____ rectus and inferior oblique.

Answer: inferior

Flashcard 96: Structures passing through the **Sinus of Morgagni** (gap between skull base and superior constrictor): **P**: _____ **A**: Ascending palatine artery **L**: Levator veli palatini **E**: Eustachian tube

Answer: Palatine branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Extra: The Sinus of Morgagni is the space between the base of the skull and the upper border of the superior constrictor muscle. Note: The **Tensor veli palatini** does NOT pass through this gap; it is lateral to the superior constrictor. The structures passing through are summarized by the mnemonic **PALE**.

Flashcard 97: The _____ of the orbit is formed by ethmoid, sphenoid, maxilla and lacrimal bone

Answer: medial wall

Flashcard 98: Ligament of _____ is attachment of the vitreous to the posterior capsule of the lens.

Answer: Wieger

Flashcard 99: Foramen of the skull:The _____ nerve and greater petrosal nerve join to form the vidian nerve that passes through the pterygoid canal (present in the floor of sphenoid bone) and end at the pterygopalatine ganglion

Answer: deep petrosal

Flashcard 100: Venous drainage of the face and scalp:The _____ division of the retromandibular vein joins the facial vein to form the common facial vein, which drains into the internal jugular vein.

Answer: anterior