Parotid gland and styloid apparatus

Question 1

What is in the carotid sheath?

Answer 1

Internal jugular vein, common carotid (internal carotid) artery, IX, X, XI, XII

Question 2

What muscles attache to the styloid process?

Answer 2

Styloglossus, Stylopharyngeus and stylohyoid

Question 3

What nerve crosses the lingual artery?

Answer 3

Hypoglossal

Question 4

What 2 muscles are attached to mastoid process?

Answer 4

Sternocleidomastoid and posterior belly of digastric

Question 5

What 2 muscles attache tot he rams of the mandible?

Answer 5

Medial pterygoid and massater

Question 6

What nerve runs through parotid gland but does not innervate it?

Answer 6

VII

Question 7

What nerve innervates parotid gland?

Answer 7

IX

Question 8

What arteries and veins run through parotid gland?

Answer 8

Superficial temporal and maxillary artery and vein

Question 9

What muscles lie posteriorly and medial to the parotid gland?

Answer 9

Masseter, stylohyoid, medial pteyrgoid, sternocleidomastoid and posterior digastric

Question 10

What are the boundaries of the submandibular region of the neck?

Answer 10

Posterior wall of the anterior digastric. Anterior wall of the posterior digastric. Inferior border of the mandible

Question 11

What forms the floor of the submandibular region?

Answer 11

Mylohyoid, hyoglossus and middle constrictor

Question 12

What forms the roof of the submandibular region?

Answer 12

Deep cervical fascia