Module 8

Question 1

The tongue begins to develop at about ___ weeks

Answer 1

Four

Question 2

This nerve provides special sensory nerve to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue

Answer 2

Facial nerve CN VII

Question 3

Also known as the body of the tongue

Answer 3

Anterior two-thirds

Question 4

Also known as the base of the tongue

Answer 4

Posterior one-third

Question 5

This nerve provides sensory nerve to the posterior third of the tongue

Answer 5

Glossopharyngeal nerve CN IX

Question 6

This nerve innervates the base of the tongue

Answer 6

Vagus nerve CN X

Question 7

True or false: The posterior part is more movable than the anterior part

Answer 7

False; The ANTERIOR part is more movable than the POSTERIOR part

Question 8

The anterior part of the tongue extends to a V- shaped groove called the _______.

Answer 8

Terminal sulcus/ Sulcus terminalis

Question 9

The apex of the ______ points towards the epiglottis

Answer 9

Terminal sulcus/ Sulcus terminalis

Question 10

The posterior part of the tongue develops from the _____ and _____ branchial arches.

Answer 10

Second and Third

Question 11

These two mounds of tissues merges to form the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.

Answer 11

Lateral lingual swellings and Tuberculum impar

Question 12

What pharyngeal arch makes no contribution to the tongue?

Answer 12

Second

Question 13

The posterior 1/3 of the tongue develops from this structure

Answer 13

Hypobranchial eminence (hypopharyngeal eminence)

Question 14

The sulcus terminalis represents the line of fusion between the epithelium covering the ____ and ____ pharyngeal arches

Answer 14

First and Third

Question 15

A midline depression at the apex of the sulcus terminalis, foramen caecum, marks the origin of the ________.

Answer 15

Thyroid gland

Question 16

This type of lingual papilla has a grey-white papillae that are covered in a heave cote of Keratinized Squamous Epithelium.

Answer 16

Filiform papillae

Question 17

Weakly keratinized, highly vascular, and scattered across the entire dorsal surface of the tongue.

Answer 17

Fungiform papillae

Question 18

This lingual papillae appear as a leaf-shaped papillae on the posterolateral margin in the tongue, near the sulcus terminalis.

Answer 18

Foliate papillae

Question 19

This lingual papillae are organized linearly, as a set of four to six large papillae anterior to each limb of the sulcus terminalis.

Answer 19

Circumvallate papillae

Question 20

Overgrowth of ______ papilla results in hairy tongue.

Answer 20

Filiform

Question 21

A loss of filiform papilla results in ______.

Answer 21

Glossitis

Question 22

The only lingual papillae that does not contain ant taste buds

Answer 22

Filiform papilla

Question 23

This structure demarcates the termination of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue:

Answer 23

Sulcus terminalis