HEAD & NECK

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Tongue
Lymphatic drainage in the paramedian area is bilateral.
Lymph follicles are found in the lamina propria of the posterior 1/3.
All muscles are supplied by CN XII.
Vallate papillae are found immediately behind the sulcus terminale.
Genioglossus protrudes the tongue.

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Regarding thyroid gland

Its sheath is attached to oblique line.
In active state follicles are full of colloid.
Isthmus is in the 2nd -4th cartilage rings.
Is supplied by tracheal arteries.
Thyroglossal duct descends (loops round) behind the hyoid bone.

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T/F
Sigmoid sinus drains into the jugular foraman to form the internal jugular vein.
Stylopharyngeus muscle is supplied by the glossopharyngeal nerve.
Tongue has paramedian lymphatic drainage.
Vallate papillae are present anterior to the sulcus terminalis.
All muscles of the tongue are supplied by lingual nerve.

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Submandibular salivary gland

The superficial part lies between the mylohyoid and the hyoglossus.
The facial artery is related to the posterior surface.
Submandibular duct is crossed by the hypoglossal nerve.
The duct opens near the root of the 2nd molar tooth.
Acini are composed of serous and mucus units.

5. The oral cavity

a) The soft palate is essential for deglutition.
b) Vallate papillae do not have taste buds.
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The branches of the external carotid artery are

Superior thyroid artery
Lingual artery
Inferior thyroid artery
Ascending pharyngeal artery
Transverse cervical artery

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The submandibular gland

Is crossed by the cervical branch of the facial nerve.
Receives secretomotor fibres from the facial nerve.
Has its duct opening into the vestibule of the mouth.
Has its deep part between the hyoglossus and the middle constrictor.
Is separated from the parotid gland by the stylomandibular ligament.

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Regarding the larynx

The vestibule lies between the vestibular and vocal folds.
The vocal cords are abducted by posterior cricoarytenoid muscle.
The vocal cord is covered by stratified squamous epithelium.
The vocal ligament is attached to the vocal process of the arytenoids.
The piriform fossa lies lateral to the laryngeal inlet.

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Following are branches of the external carotid artery

Lingual
Inferior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Deep cervical
Maxillary

10. Muscles supplied by the trigeminal nerve

a) Temporalis
b) Buccinator
c) Hyoglossus
d) Posterior belly of digastric
e) Medial pterygoid
11. T/F
a) Cavernous sinus communicates with the pterygoid plexus of veins via the foramen
ovale.
b) Parotid duct pierces the masseter to enter the vestibule of the mouth.
c) Occulomotor nerve supplies the levator palpebrae superioris.
d) Thoracic duct drains into the subclavian vein.
e) Isthmus of the thyroid gland is related to the 2nd -4th tracheal rings.
12. The palatine tonsil
a) Is encapsulated.
b) Lies between palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches.
c) Is separated from facial artery by the superior constrictor.
d) Drains into the jugulodigastric lymph node.
e) Has numerous crypts on its mucosal surface.
13. Otic ganglion
a) Superior salivatory nucleus innervates the ganglion.
b) Plexus around the middle meningeal artery supplies the ganglion.
14. T/F
a) Anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery overlies primary motor cortex.
b) Internal carotid artery gives no branches in the neck.
c) Facial artery can be palpated at the angle of the mandible.
d) External carotid artery can be compressed against the carotid tubercle.
e) There are anastamoses between external & internal arteries in the scalp.

15. Regarding air sinuses

a) Sphenoidal sinus is a single cavity.
b) Auditory tube opens at the level the inferior concha.
c) Maxillary sinus is reached through above the 2nd molar tooth.
d) Bulla ethmoidalis lies below the superior concha.
e) Maxillary sinus directly communicates with the frontal sinus.