Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 321: All the muscles of the soft palate are supplied by the pharyngeal plexus, except _____ which is supplied by the nerve to _____, a branch of the mandibular nerve.

Answer: tensor veli palatini; medial pterygoid

Flashcard 322: 'Conley's pointer' is related to the _____ of external acoustic canal.

Answer: tragus

Flashcard 323: _____ pterygoid muscle _____ the mandible.

Answer: Lateral; depresses

Flashcard 324: _____ pterygoid muscle _____ the mandible.

Answer: Lateral; depresses

Flashcard 325: All the muscles of the soft palate are supplied by the pharyngeal plexus, except _____ which is supplied by the nerve to _____, a branch of the mandibular nerve.

Answer: tensor veli palatini; medial pterygoid

Flashcard 326: Which cranial foramen transmits the accessory meningeal artery?

Answer: Foramen ovale

Extra: The contents of the **foramen ovale** can be remembered with the mnemonic **MALE**: - **M**andibular nerve (CN V3) - **A**ccessory meningeal artery - **L**esser petrosal nerve - **E**missary veins (connecting the cavernous sinus to the pterygoid plexus)

Flashcard 327: The superior labial artery supplies the nasal _____

Answer: septum::septum/lateral wall

Flashcard 328: Actions of _____ muscle includes elevation of the mandible, jaw protrusion and _____(side to side) movements.

Answer: medial pterygoid; grinding

Flashcard 329: _____ may cause mechanical obstruction to frontal sinus drainage and lead to frontal sinusitis

Answer: Agger nasi