What does the sella turcica house?
pituitary gland
What is the action of zygomaticus major?
pulls corners of lips up to smile or unilaterally sneer
What are the branches of the trigeminal nerve?
opthalamic, maxillary, mandibular
Where are the pharyngeal tonsils found?
posterior wall of nasopharynx
What does the superior thyroid artery supply?
thyroid gland, cricothyroid and infrahyoid muscles, part of sternocleidomastoid, and upper larynx
What goes through the foramen rotundum?
maxillary nerve of trigeminal
What is the blood supply to the mentalis?
facial artery
What does the greater auricular nerve supply?
the skin of the auricle as well as the skin over the parotid gland and mastoid process
What are the large papilla in the posterior tongue that form a v shape?
vallate papillae
What artery supplies back of scalp, sternocleidomastoid, and muscles in back and neck
occipital artery
lambdoid suture
What innervates the medial pterygoid?
Mandibular nerve
What nerve block would anesthetize the skin of the lower lip and chin?
mental nerve block
What nerve is responsible for taste sensation on anterior 2/3 of tongue?
chorda tympani from facial nerve
What are the branches of the mandibular part of the maxillary artery?
deep auricular, anterior tympanic, inferior alveolar, middle meningeal, accessory meningeal
What goes through the cribriform plate?
olfactory nerve bundles
What are the muscles of mastication?
temporalis, masseter, medial and lateral pterygoids
What are the branches of the ophthalmic nerve?
frontal, lacrimal, nasocilliary
What is the sublingual gland innervated by?
parasympathetic from facial via the chorda tympani nerve to the lingual nerve
What artery supplies the lower eyelid, inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles, and sends some branches to maxillary sinus and teeth
infraorbital artery
What bones are the orbit made up of?
frontal, zygomatic, maxillary, sphenoid, ethmoid, palatine, and lacrimal bones
What muscle closes eyelids?
orbicularis oculi
What are the branches of the facial nerve?
temporal, zygomatic, buccal, marginal mandibular, cervical
What is the space between the base of tongue and epiglottis?
vallecula
the external jugular vein