The thyroid gland is located in ___.
A. C1-C4
B. C5-T1
C. C2-C7
D. T1-T4
B. C5-T1
The role of calcitonin is to ___.
A. Increase blood calcium
B. Decrease blood calcium
C. Increase phosphorus
D. Decrease phosphorus
A. Decrease blood calcium
A patient arrives to the ED with painful rash and blisters. You suspect this may have been caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. What cranial nerve is affected in 10-20% of cases?
A. CNII
B. CNIII
C. CNIV
D. CNV
D. CNV
If somebody winks at you, what muscle are they using?
A. Orbicularis oris
B. Orbicularis oculi
C. Corrugator supercilli
D. Occipitofrontalis
B. Orbicularis oculi
Which of the following is NOT innervated the hypoglossal nerve?
A. Syloglossus
B. Hyoglossus
C. Genioglossus
D. Palatoglossus
D. Palatoglossus
CN10 is located in which triangle of the neck?
A. Carotid
B. Muscular
C. Posterior
D. Occipital
A. Carotid
The stylohyoid muscle is innervated by which cranial nerve?
A. CN7
B. CN8
C. CN9
D. CN10
A. CNVII Facial
During a physical exam, you test the cutaneous sensation of your patient's face by lightly tapping the mental protuberance. Which nerve supplies somatic sensation to this area of the face?
A. CNV1
B. CNV2
C. CNV3
D. CNV4
C. CNV3 Mandibular
A. Mentalis
B. Risorius
C. Buccinator
D. Masseter
A. Mentalis
The levator veli palatini is innervated by the ___ while the tensor veli palatini is innervated by the ___.
A. CNX, CNV3
B. CNV2, CNX
C. CNX, CNV2
D. CNV3, CNX
A. CNX vagus, CNV3 mandibular
Erb's point is located in which triangle?
A. Occipital
B. Posterior
C. Submental
D. Submandibular
A. Occipital
The anterior belly of the digastric muscle is innervated by which cranial nerve?
A. CNV3
B. CNV2
C. CNV1
D. CNV4
A. CNV3 Mandibular
The supratrochlear artery is a branch of which blood vessel?
A. Occipital a.
B. Ophthalmic a.
C. Facial a.
D. Superficial temporal a.
B. Ophthalmic a.
CNIV (trochlear) palsy causes the eye to be in which fixed position.
A. up and medial
B. down and lateral
C. up and lateral
B. down and medial
A. up and medial
___ attaches to the hyoid.
A. Superior pharyngeal constrictor
B. Middle pharyngeal constrictor
C. Inferior pharyngeal constrictor
D. Palatopharyngeus
B. Middle pharyngeal constrictor
The platysma is located in which layer?
A. Investing
B. Prevertebral
C. Pretracheal
D. Superficial cervical fascia
D. Superficial cervical fascia
The cricoid is ___ to the thyroid.
A. Medial
B. Lateral
C. Inferior
D. Superior
C. Inferior
The auriculotemporal nerve is derived from which cranial nerve?
A. CNI
B. CNV3
C. CNIII
D. CNV1
B. CNV3 Mandibular
CNIII (oculomotor) palsy causes the eye to be in which fixed position.
A. up and medial
B. down and lateral
C. up and lateral
B. down and medial
B. down and lateral
___ adducts the vocal folds.
A. Suprahyoid
B. Infrahyoid
C. Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
D. Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
C. Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
The inferior boundary of the true retropharyngeal space is located at ___.
A. C4
B. C5
C. T1
D. T4
D. T4
A patient arrives to the ED unable to tense their neck. Which of the following muscle is likely to be affected?
A. Anterior belly of digastric muscle
B. Omohyoid
C. Cricothyroid
D. Platysma
D. Platysma
During a physical exam, you test the cutaneous sensation of your patient's face by lightly tapping the superciliary arch. Which nerve supplies somatic sensation to this area of the face?
A. CNV1
B. CNV2
C. CNV3
D. CNV4
A. CNV1 Ophthalmic
Trauma to which anatomical region is likely to result in epistaxis.
A. Kiesselbach's area
B. True retropharyngeal space
C. Alar space
D. Carotid triangle
A. Kiesselbach's area
Chordae tympani is innervated by __ while the tensor tympani is innervated by __.
A. CNVII, CNV3
B. CNV3, CNVII
C. CNVII, CNVII
D. CNV3, CNV3
A. CNVII facial, CNV3 mandibular