Superficial structures

Question 1

Where does the facial nerve exit

Answer 1

The internal acoustic meatus and leaves the skull through the stylamastoid foramen

Question 2

What does the fasial nerve anastomize to

Answer 2

To Zanzibar By Motorcar + cervical
Temporal: forehead and upper eyelid
Zygomatic: Infraorbital area, lateral area and upper lip
Buccal: Cheek, upper ip and corner of mouth
Mandibular: lower lip and chin
Cervical: platysma

Question 3

General affarents (trigeminal) of face and neck include

Answer 3

Opthalmic division, maxillary division and mandibular division

Question 4

Where does most of the blood supply of the face, scalp and superficial neck come from

Answer 4

external carotid artery

Question 5

What are the branches of the external carotid artery

Answer 5

fascial artery
occipital artery
posterior auricular artery
superficial temporal artery
transervse fascial artery
maxillary artery

Question 6

what are the branches of the internal carotid artery

Answer 6

opthalmic artery
lacrimal artery
supraorbital artery
anterior ethmoidal artery
supratrochlear artery
dorsal nasal artery

Question 7

what are the tributaries to the internal jugular vein

Answer 7

fascial vein
superficial temporal vein
retromandibular vein
common fascial vein

Question 8

what are the tributaries to the external jugular vein

Answer 8

posterior auricular vein

Question 9

what does the pterygoid venous plexus receive blood from

Answer 9

recieve blood from superficial structures of the face through the maxillary vein, buccal, mental, and infraorbital veins

Question 10

where does the cavernous sinus recieve blood from

Answer 10

superior and inferior opthalmic veins, angular, supra orbital and supratrochlear veins

Question 11

what structures pass through the parotid gland

Answer 11

external carotid artery, retromandibular vein, and fascial nerve

Question 12

What two structures pierce the buccinator muscle but dont innervate it

Answer 12

the parotid duct and the buccal nerve

Question 13

General affarents from the parotid gland are carried mainly in the

Answer 13

auriculotemporal nerve and the great auricular nerve

Question 14

what are efferents to the parotid gland

Answer 14

glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 15

what are sialoliths

Answer 15

calcified deposits that block the parotid duct. Saliva builds up behind the blockage causing swelling. Pain worsened by swallowing, chewing or drinking

Question 16

What are mumps

Answer 16

acute viral infection of the parotid glands…easily spread through saliva

Question 17

where do the efferent of the face arise from

Answer 17

fascial nerve from fascial plexus