Head and Neck Intro
Which plane divides the body in anterior and posterior parts?
What is the frontal plane
How many bones make up the neurocranium?
What is 8 bones
This muscle acts to lift the clavicle and scapula cause a "shrugging motion"
What is the trapezius muscle
Which muscle retracts the tongue?
What is the styloglossus muscle
This bone forms the majority of the cheekbone and articulates with frontal bone, temporal bone, temporal bone, and maxilla.
What is the zygomatic bone
Which triangle in the neck is formed by the mandible and the anterior and posterior bellies of the digastric muscle?
What is the submandibular triangle
__________ is the union of bones joined by fibrous tissues, appears on the skill as a jagged line.
This area is a small fibromuscular structure at the corner of the mouth where fibers from multiple facial muscles converge, and helps coordinate the action of these muscles
What is the facial modiolus
The corrugator supercilii is a muscle of facial expression in which region?
What is the eye
Torticollis is a condition that affects which cervical muscle?
What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle.
This term is used to describe structures and surfaces that face toward the tongue.
What is lingual
Area of the skull that articulates with the atlas of the spine (the first cervical vertebra).
What are the occipital condyles.
Which muscle involved in facial expression does not have a bony attachment, shapes and controls the size of the mouth opening, and helps create lip positions and movements during speech?
What is the Orbicularis oris
The muscles of facial expression are innervated by which nerve?
What is the VII
This structure is located between the anterior and posterior faucial pillar.
What are the palatine tonsils.
What is the olfactory nerve responsible for?
What is the sense of smell
All muscles of facial expression are innervated by which cranial nerve.
What is the seventh VII cranial nerve.
The thyroid cartilage is part of which region of the body?
What is the neck region
The infraorbital foramen is located in which bone?
This muscle originates from the anterior mandible near the midline and inserts into the skin of the chin.
What is the mentalis muscle.