Monday Quiz #8

Question 1

Inferior Constrictor Origin

Answer 1

Sides of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages

Question 2

Inferior Constrictor Insertion

Answer 2

Median raphe of the posterior pharyngeal wall

Question 3

Inferior Constrictor and Middle Constrictor Use

Answer 3

Pulls the pharyngeal walls inward and forward to constrict the pharyngeal tube

Question 4

Inferior Constrictor Parts

Answer 4

-Thyropharyngeus (upper)
-Cricopharyngeus (lower)

Question 5

Middle Constrictor Origin

Answer 5

Greater and lesser horns of the hyoid bone and stylohyoid ligament

Question 6

Middle Constrictor Insertion

Answer 6

Median raphe of the posterior pharyngeal wall

Question 7

Stylopharyngeus Origin

Answer 7

Styloid process of the temporal bone

Question 8

Stylopharyngeus Insertion

Answer 8

Lateral pharyngeal wall near the juncture of the superior and middle constrictor muscles and into the thyroid cartilage

Question 9

Stylopharyngeus Use

Answer 9

Pulls up on the pharynx and pulls the lateral walls outward (widens the pharynx)

Question 10

Masseter Outer Layer (bulk of muscle) Origin

Answer 10

An aponeurosis along the front part of the zygomatic arch of the temporal bone

Question 11

Masseter Outer Layer (bulk of body) Insertion

Answer 11

The angle and outer surface of the ramus of the mandible

Question 12

Masseter Outer Layer Use

Answer 12

Pulls upward on the mandible

Question 13

Masseter Inner Layer Origin

Answer 13

Entire length of zygomatic arch

Question 14

Masseter Inner Layer Insertion

Answer 14

Outer surface of the upper half of the ramus and its coronoid process

Question 15

Masseter Inner Layer Use

Answer 15

Pulls upward and backward on the mandible

Question 16

Temporalis Origin

Answer 16

Parietal bone and sphenoid bone

Question 17

Temporalis Insertion

Answer 17

Inner surface and front border of the coronoid process and front surface of the ramus of the mandible

Question 18

Temporalis Use

Answer 18

Pulls upward and backward on the mandible