Larynx Navis' Packet midterm II

Question 1

Dural venous sinuses are _____ lined spaces between the periosteal and meningeal layers of the dura.

Large veins from the surface of the brain empty into these sinuses and all blood from the brain ultimately drains through them into the __________

Answer 1

endothelium

internal jugular vein

Question 2

Superior sagittal sinus lies in the convex attached border of the cerebral falx

It begins at the crista galli and ends near the_______ at the confluence of sinuses as the ________

Answer 2

internal occipital protuberance

right transverse sinus

Question 3

______ is a meeting place of superior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, occipital sinus and transverse sinuses

Answer 3

Confluence of sinuses

Question 4

Superior sagittal sinus receives superior cerebral _____

Answer 4

veins

Question 5

________ is much smaller than the superior sagittal sinus, runs in the inferior concave free border of the cerebral falx and ends in the straight sinus

Answer 5

Inferior sagittal sinus

Question 6

______ is an organ of voice production composed of nine cartilages, connected by membranes and ligaments

It is located in the anterior neck at the level of the bodies of ______vertebrae

Answer 6

Larynx

C3-C6

Question 7

Skeleton of larynx consists of nine cartilages, three are single ___________ and three are paired _______

Answer 7

single- etc
epiglottis, thyroid, and cricoid

paired - ACC
arytenoid, corniculate and cuneiform

Question 8

Thyroid cartilage is the largest, its superior border lies opposite the _____, attached to the hyoid bone by the thyrohyoid membrane

Answer 8

C4 vertebra

Question 9

The thyrohyoid membrane is pierced by the internal laryngeal nerve and ________________

Answer 9

superior laryngeal artery

Question 10

Cricoid cartilage is shaped like a _____ ring and its anterior part, the ____ and posterior part, the ______

Answer 10

signet
arch
lamina

Question 11

_____ and _______cartilages appear as small nodules in the posterior part of the ary - epiglottic folds

Answer 11

Cuneiform and corniculate

Question 12

_________ is a heart - shaped cartilage, situated posterior to the ________

Answer 12

Epiglottis

root of the tongue

Question 13

Vocal folds (vocal cords) control the sound production, contains the vocal ___________ and _________ muscle

Answer 13

ligament and vocalis

Question 14

Rima glottidis is a slit between the _______

Answer 14

vocal folds

Question 15

All the intrinsic muscles are supplied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve except which one?

Answer 15

cricothyroid (supplied by external laryngeal nerve)

Question 16

What muscle’s action is to stretch and tense the vocal ligament

Answer 16

cricothyroid

Question 17

Thyro - arytenoid muscle nerve supply by the inferior laryngeal nerve (terminal part of _____________)

Action is to relax _____________

Answer 17

recurrent laryngeal nerve and its action is to relax the vocal ligament

Question 18

Posterior cricoarytenoid and lateral cricoarytenoid nerve supply is

Answer 18

by the inferior laryngeal nerve (terminal part of recurrent laryngeal nerve)

Question 19

Superior laryngeal artery is a branch of superior thyroid artery, it accompanies the __________ nerve

Answer 19

internal laryngeal nerve

Question 20

Inferior laryngeal artery is a branch of inferior thyroid artery, it accompanies _____________, a terminal branch of recurrent laryngeal nerve

Answer 20

inferior laryngeal nerve

Question 21

True or False? Veins of the larynx are the superior laryngeal and inferior laryngeal veins

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Superior laryngeal nerve arises from _________ nerve, divides internal and external laryngeal nerves

Answer 22

vagus

Question 23

Internal laryngeal nerve pierces the _________, with the superior laryngeal artery,and supplies sensory fibers to the mucous membrane_________

Answer 23

thyrohyoid membrane

superior to the vocal folds

Question 24

External laryngeal nerve runs with the _________artery, supplies the inferior constrictor of pharynx and cricothyroid

Answer 24

superior thyroid

Question 25

Inferior laryngeal nerve is the continuation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, divides into anterior and posterior branches Its anterior branch supplies lateral cricoarytenoid, thyroarytenoid, aryepiglottic, vocalis and thyroepiglottic muscles Its posterior branch supplies the posterior cricoarytenoid, transverse and oblique arytenoid muscles It also supplies sensory fibers to the mucous membrane ________

Answer 25

inferior to the vocal folds

Question 26

What ends at the level of the sternal angle or the T4 - T5 disc, where it divides into right and left main bronchi

Answer 26

Trachea