Cranial Nerves
The cranial nerve that controls movement of the tongue
What is the hypoglossal nerve? (CN XII)
These superficial muscles flex and rotate the neck
What are the sternocleidomastoid and the trapezius?
This synovial joint is the only moveable joint of the skull
What is the TMJ? (temporo-mandibular joint)
These structures drain the scalp and meninges
What are the dural sinuses?
These bones are commonly called the hammer, anvil and stirrup
What are the malleus, incus and stapes?
What is the optic nerve? (CN II)
These are made out of elastic connective tissue and vibrate when air passes through the larynx
What are the vocal folds?
These are the fibrous immovable connective tissues that are connecting bones of the skull
These are the branches of the external carotid artery
What are the facial, maxillary, occipital and superficial temporal arteries?
The external ear is composed of these two structures?
What are the auricle (pinna) and external auditory canal?
This nerve runs through the parotid gland but does not innervate it
What is the facial nerve? (CN VII)
This structure covers the larynx when swallowing
What is the epiglottis?
This skull bone contains the foramen magnum
What is the occipital bone?
This artery branches off of the opthalmic artery and supplies blood to the retina
What is the central retinal artery?
These are the layers of the eyeball from superficial to deep
The branch of the Trigeminal nerve that controls mastication
What is the V3 branch, mandibular division?
This nerve loop is derived from the cervical plexus and innervates the infrahyoid muscle group
What is the ansa cervicalis?
These skull bones make up the facial skeleton
What are the frontal, nasal, zygomatic, maxillary and mandible bones?
The superior thyroid artery branches off of this artery and the inferior thyroid artery branches off of this artery
What are the external carotid and the thyrocervical trunk?
These two eye extraocular muscles are NOT innervated by the oculomotor nerve (CN III)
What are the lateral rectus and superior oblique muscles?
These are the 4 nerve components of the facial nerve
What are the voluntary motor, special sensory, parasympathetic and somatosensory components?
These specialized cells of this gland produce T3 and T4
What are the follicle cells of the thyroid gland?
These are the 3 holes within the sphenoid bone of the orbit
What are the superior orbital fissure, inferior orbital fissure and optic canal?
This artery brings blood to the inner ear
What is the labyrinthine artery?
These 3 organs of the vestibular apparatus are for balance and detecting head movement
What are the utricle, saccule and semicircular canals?