Head — Flashcards

Pterion overlies the _____ branch of the middle meningeal artery and lateral fissure of the cerebral hemisphere.

Action of Lateral pterygoid muscle is _____, protrusion and side to side movement of the jaw.

Hint: elevation/depression

The _____ forms the landmark for the second genu of the facial nerve, and houses the vertical segment of facial nerve & the nerve to stapedius

The tonsil is supplied by five arteries:_____ branch of facial artery (the main artery)Ascending palatine branch of facial artery.Ascending pharyngeal branch of external carotid artery.Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery.Descending palatine branches of maxillary artery.

Lateral crus of the alar cartilage forms the _____ and medial crus runs in the columella.

The _____ segment of the facial nerve starts at the level of Processus cochleariformis

The _____ aponeurosis is attached to the superior border of the upper tarsal plate.

The pre-epiglottic space of boyer is bounded anteriorly by _____ and thyrohyoid membrane, superiorly by hyoepiglottic ligament and posteromedially by the infrahyoid epiglottis and quadrangular membrane.

Fossa incudis is a depression on the _____ wall of the middle ear which attaches the short process of incus

_____ or limen vestibuli is the junction of the upper and lower lateral cartilages of the nose