1. All of the following are derivatives of the 1st pharyngeal arch except one. Which one is the exception?
2. All of the following contribute to the formation of the skull except one. Which one is the exception?
E. All of the above (A-D) contribute to the formation of the skull.
3. All of the following are parts of the 1st pharyngeal arch that contribute to the tongue except one. Which one is the exception?
D. Receives GSA innervation from the trigeminal nerve
E. All of the above (A-D) are parts of the 1st pharyngeal arch that contribute to the tongue.
4. All of the following statements about the formation of the palate are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The primary and secondary palatal tissues meet at the incisive foramen.
B. The primary palate, secondary palate, and nasal septum fuse to form the definitive palate.
C. Swellings of the maxillary prominence form shelves that project laterally and are separated by the tongue.
D. The primary palate forms from the intermaxillary segment.
E. All of the above (A-D) are correct.
5. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The frontal lobe of the brain occupies the anterior cranial fossa.
B. The occipital lobe of the brain occupies the posterior cranial fossa.
C. The lacrimal bone is paired.
D. The palatine bone is paired.
E. The mandible articulates with the temporal bone.
6. All of the following are associated with the sphenoid bone except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The foramen spinosum is located in the sphenoid bone.
B. The pterygoid canal is located in the sphenoid bone.
C. The foramen rotundum is located in the sphenoid bone.
D. The body of the sphenoid contains the sphenoid paranasal sinus.
E. The sphenoid bone is paired.
7. All of the following are parts of the maxilla except one. Which one is the exception?
8. All of the following structures pass through the fissure/foramen listed except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Ophthalmic artery passes through the optic canal.
B. Glossopharyngeal nerve passes through the jugular foramen.
C. Middle meningeal artery passes through the foramen spinosum.
D. Maxillary division of the trigeiminal nerve passes through the foramen rotundum.
E. Frontal nerve passes through the inferior orbital fissure.
9. All of the following fissure/foramen are located in or formed by the bones listed except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Tympanic canaliculus–temporal bone
B. Carotid canal–occipital bone
C. Jugular foramen–temporal and occipital bones
D. Petrotympanic fissure–temporal bone
E. Hypoglossal canal–occipital bone
10. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. There are 5 pairs of sacral spinal nerves.
B. Neurons can have multiple axons.
C. A characteristic of a neuron is irritability.
D. Neurons are the structural and functional unit of the nervous system.
E. A multipolar neuron has 3 or more processes from the cell body.
11. All of the following neuroglial cells are located in the central nervous system except one. Which one is the exception?
E. All of the above (A-D) are located in the central nervous system.
12. Which of the following functional columns innervates smooth muscle?
13. Which of the following represents the location of the cell bodies of primary taste fibers (SVA) in the facial nerve?
E. Superior salivatory nucleus
14. In one of the following lists, the functional column responsible for innervating GSE muscle are found in all of the cranial nerves. Identify the letter that corresponds to that list.
15. All of the following are a content, muscle, or the cranial nerve that innervates a muscle that makes a border of the submental except one. Which one is the exception?
E. All of the above (A-D) are a content, muscle, or the nerve that innervates a muscle that makes a border of the submental triangle.
16. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The dorsal scapular nerve is a content of the posterior triangle.
B. The suprascapular nerve is a content of the posterior triangle.
C. The posterior scalene muscle attaches to the 1st rib.
D. The external jugular vein is a content of the posterior triangle.
E. The phrenic nerve lies anterior to the anterior scalene muscle.
17. Which of the following vessels are accompanied by a nerve that has the same name?
C. Transverse cervical vessels
E. All of the following vessels (A-D) are accompanied by a nerve that has the same name.
18. All of the following are either a muscle or the nerve that innervates a muscle that makes a border of the carotid triangle except one. Which one is the exception?
19. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The submental triangle is paired.
B. The larynx is a content of the muscular triangle.
C. Part of the thyroid gland can be observed at vertebral level C6.
D. The parathyroid glands are a content of the muscular triangle.
E. The submandibular gland is a content of the submandibular triangle.
20. All of the following statements concerning the scalp are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Loose areolar connective tissue lies deep to the aponeurosis.
B. The prolific arterial blood supply to the scalp is in the connective tissue layer.
C. The skin, connective tissue, aponeurosis, and loose aerolar connective tissue layers are referred to as the scalp proper.
D. The pericranium covers the outer surface of the cranium.
E. Emissary veins connect the connective tissue layer to the dural venous sinuses, providing channel for infections to spread.
21. All of the following nerves provide at least some sensory innervation to either the face, the scalp, or both, except one. Which one is the exception?
22. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The risorius muscle aids in grinning.
B. The stapedius is innervated by the facial nerve.
C. The buccal nerve from the trigeminal innervates the buccinator.
D. The palpebal portion of the orbicularis oculi aids in closing the eyes during blinking.
E. Levator anguli oris elevates the angle of the mouth.
23. All of the following arteries supplying the face, the scalp, or both, arise directly from the external carotid artery except one. Which one is the exception?
24. Which of the following muscles is not innervated by the trigeminal nerve?
A. Inferior head of the lateral pterygoid
B. Posterior belly of digastric
25. All of the following borders of the parotid bed are matched with the correct structure except one. Which one is the exception?
B. Posterior–mastoid process of the temporal bone
C. Superior–external acoustic meatus
D. Medial–transverse process of the axis
E. Posteromedial–stylohyoid muscle
26. All of the following statements are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Approximately 75% or more of the parotid gland overlies the masseter muscle.
B. Facial nerve enters the parotid fossa by passing between the stylohyoid muscle and the posterior belly of the digastric muscle.
C. Deep lobe of the parotid gland lies adjacent to the lateral pharyngeal space.
D. Buccal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve form an anastomosing loop superficial to the parotid duct.
E. Capsule of the parotid gland is from the superficial cervical fascia.
27. All of the following statements concerning the autonomic innervation of the parotid gland are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers arise from the inferior salivatory nucleus.
B. Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers arise from the otic ganglion.
C. Postganglionic sympathetic fibers arise from the superior cervical ganglion.
D. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers travel in the greater petrosal nerve.
E. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers travel in the tympnic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.
28. All of the following are boundaries of the temporal fossa except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The zygomatic process of the frontal bone is an anterior border.
B. The lesser wing of the sphenoid is a posterior border.
C. The zygomatic arch is the inferior border.
D. The superior temporal line of the skull is the superior border.
E. The frontal bone is part of the floor.
29. All of the following are boundaries of the infratemporal fossa except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The anterior border is the posterior surface of the maxilla.
B. The styloid process is a posterior border.
C. The ramus of the mandible is a lateral border.
D. The medial pterygoid plate is a medial border.
E. The infratemporal surface of the sphenoid (greater wing of the sphenoid) is a superior border.
30. All of the following are contents of the infratemporal fossa except one. Which one is the exception?
D. Maxillary artery and its branches
31. All of the following are branches of the 1st part (mandibular part) of the maxillary artery except one. Which one is the exception?
32. Which of the following depresses the mandible?
A. Temporalis (posterior fibers)
E. All of the above (A-D) depress the mandible.
33. The deep head of the medial pterygoid originates on which of the following?
A. Inferior border of the anterior 2/3rds of the zygomatic arch
B. Medial surface of the lateral pterygoid plate
C. Medial surface of the medial pterygoid plate
D. Lateral surface of the medial pterygoid plate
E. Lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate
34. Which of the following retrudes the mandible?
A. Temporalis (posterior fibers)
E. All of the above (A-D) retrude the mandible.
35. The muscles of mastication are innervated by which of the following?
36. Which of the following describes the articular surface of the mandibular condyles?
A. Avascular fibrous connective tissue
D. Loose areolar connective tissue
37. All of the following statements concerning the articular disc are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Composed of dense fibrous connective tissue
B. Avascular in its central portion
D. Located between the squamous portion of the temporal bone and the condyle
E. Contiguous posteriorly with the bilaminar zone that blends with the capsule
38. Rotational movement of the temporomandibular joint occurs in which of the following?
C. Superior and inferior compartments
39. All of the following statements concerning the capsule of the temporomandibular joint are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Completely encloses the articular surface of the temporal bone and the condyle
B. Composed of fibrous connective tissue
C. Lined by a highly vascularized synovial membrane
D. Has various sensory receptors including nociceptors
E. Toughened on the posterior aspect by ligaments
40. The sphenomandibular ligament attaches from the spine of the sphenoid to which of the following?
41. The nasopalatine nerve exits the pterygopalatine fossa by passing through which of the following?
42. Which of the following nerves pass through the pterygomaxillary fissure?
A. Posterior superior alveolar
D. Maxillary division of the trigeminal
E. Nerve of the pterygoid canal
43. All of the following nerves of the maxillary division of the trigeminal travel communicate with the pterygopalatine ganglion except one. Which one is the exception?
D. Posterior superior alveolar
44. All of the following are a lateral relation of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity except one. Which one is the exception?
45. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Epistaxis is often caused by a rupture of a vessel in Kiesselbach’s plexus.
B. The ethmoid bone is a superior boundary of the nasal cavity.
C. The infratrochlear nerve supplies, at least in part, the nose.
D. The palatine process of the maxilla is a superior boundary of the nasal cavity.
E. The horizontal plate of the palatine is an inferior boundary of the nasal cavity.
46. All of the following are a superior boundary of the nasal cavity except one. Which one is the exception?
47. The nasolacrimal duct drains into the:
48. All of the following nerves that supply the nasal cavity are branches of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve except one. Which one is the exception?
49. Which of the following sinuses drains into the superior meatus?
50. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The nasal cavity is an inferior relation of the frontal sinus.
B. The supraorbital nerve, at least in part, provides sensory innervation to the frontal sinus.
C. The posterior ethmoid sinus is an inferior relation of the frontal sinus.
D. The frontal sinus drains into the middle meatus.
E. The forehead is an anterior relation of the frontal sinus.
51. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The posterior ethmoid artery, at least in part, supplies the sphenoid sinus.
B. The anterior ethmoid nerve, at least in part, supplies the sphenoid sinus.
C. The sphenoid sinus drains into the sphenoethmoidal recess.
D. The nasal cavity is an anterior relation of the sphenoid sinus.
E. The hypophyseal fossa is a superior relation of the sphenoid sinus.
52. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The orbit is a lateral relation of the ethmoid sinus.
B. The frontal lobe of the brain is a posterior relation of the anterior ethmoid sinus.
C. The ethmoid sinuses are supplied, at least in part, by the posterior lateral nasal branches.
D. The ethmoid sinuses are supplied, at least in part, by the anterior ethmoid nerve.
E. The ethmoid sinuses are supplied, at least in part, by the posterior ethmoid nerve.
53. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The infraorbital nerve is a superior relation of the maxillary sinus.
B. The nasal cavity is a medial relation of the maxillary sinus.
C. The 2nd maxillary molar is an inferior relation of the maxillary sinus.
D. The posterior superior alveolar nerve provides innervation to, at least in part, the maxillary sinus.
E. The ostium of the maxillary sinus is located on the inferior part of the wall of the sinus.
54. All of the following boundaries of the oral cavity are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The superior boundary is the roof of the hard palate.
B. The lateral boundary is the cheek.
C. The posterior-superior boundary is the soft palate.
D. The inferior boundary is the floor located along the lingual border of the mandible.
E. The anterior border is the choanae.
55. All of the following statements concerning the hard palate are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Is composed of the palatal process of the maxilla
B. Separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity
C. Is covered by a thin mucous membrane
D. Is composed of the horizontal process of the palatine
E. Has lateral transverse ridges called transverse rugae on the mucous membrane
56. All of the following muscles of the soft palate are innervated by the pharyngeal plexus of nerves except one. Which one is the exception?
57. All of the following statements concerning the surfaces of the tooth are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The labial surface is the surface of the anterior teeth that is closest to the lip.
B. The mesial surface is the surface closest to the midline of the dental arch.
C. The incisal surface is the cutting edge of the anterior teeth.
D. The distal surface is the surface farthest from the midline of the dental arch.
E. The buccal surface is the surface of the anterior teeth that is furthest from the cheek.
58. All of the following are involved in the autonomic pathway to the sublingual gland except one. Which one is the exception?
B. Inferior salivatory nucleus
C. Superior salivatory nucleus
E. All of the above (A-D) are involved in the autonomic pathway to the sublingual gland.
59. Which of the following nerves does not provide any sensory innervation to the tongue?
E. All of the above (A-D) provide some sensory innervation to the tongue.
60. Which vessel is responsible for rapid absorption of drugs such as nitroglycerin?
61. All of the following statements concerning the hypoglossal nerve are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Innervates the intrinsic muscles of the tongue
B. Exits the skull through the hypoglossal canal
C. Lies superficial to the lingual artery
D. Passes deep to the hyoglossus muscle
E. Innervates the styloglossus
62. A patient with a lesion of the left hypoglossal nerve will present with which of the following signs?
A. Loss of general sensation over the anterior 2/3rds of the left side of the tongue
C. Deviation of the tongue to the left upon protrusion
D. Loss of general sensation from the left margin of the tongue
E. Deviation of the tongue to the right upon protrusion
63. All of the following statements concerning the lingual artery are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Branches off of the external carotid artery
B. Lies superficial to the middle constrictor
C. Lies superficial to the hyoglossus
64. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The superior constrictor attaches to the pterygoid hamulus.
B. The stylopharyngeus is innervated by the glossopharyngeal nerve.
C. The middle constrictor attaches to the hyoid bone.
D. The ostium of the auditory tube is located in the nasopharynx.
E. All of the above (A-D) are correct.
65. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The tongue is the floor of the nasopharynx.
B. The ostium of the auditory tube is located on the lateral wall of the nasopharynx.
C. The anterior relation of the nasopharynx is the choanae.
D. The superior constrictor attaches to the pterygomandibular raphe.
E. The vallecula is the space between the posterior 1/3rd of the tongue and the epiglottis.
66. Which of the following does not pass through the pharyngeal aperture, which is located superior to the superior constrictor?
A. Ascending pharyngeal artery
67. All of the following either contribute to, or are innervated by, the pharyngeal plexus except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Spinal portion of the spinal accessory nerve
68. Which of the following vessels that supplies the pharynx is a branch of the facial artery?
69. All of the following statements concerning the larynx are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The larynx is formed by 9 cartilages.
B. The larynx is larger in females.
C. The larynx is located between cervical vertebrae C3-C6.
D. A lateral relation of the larynx is the carotid sheath.
E. A superior relation of the larynx is the vallecula.
70. Which muscle(s) act(s) as an antagonist to the transverse arytenoid muscle?
C. Posterior cricoarytenoid muscle
71. All of the following statements concerning the larynx are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The primary site for establishing an emergency airway is the median cricothyroid ligament.
B. The epiglottis is composed of elastic cartilage.
C. The cricoid cartilage is the only cartilage of the larynx that is a complete ring.
D. The cranial nerve responsible for innervation of the larynx is the vagus (X).
E. All of the above (A-D) are correct.
72. The free edge of the quadrangular membrane is also known as the:
73. All of the following statements concerning the true vocal cord are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Is made up, at least in part, by the conus elasticus
B. Is located inferior to the false vocal cord
C. Is made up, at least in part, by the vocal ligament
D. Receives its sensory innervation from the glossopharyngeal nerve
E. All of the above (A-D) are correct.
74. All of the following are contents of the carotid sheath except one. Which one is the exception?
75. All of the following are contents of the sublingual space except one. Which one is the exception?
76. All of the following statements concerning the lateral pharyngeal space are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Is continuous with the retropharyngeal space posteriorly
B. Is continuous with the submandibular space anteriorly
C. Extends from the base of the skull to the hyoid bone
E. Bounded medially by the buccopharyngeal fascia
77. All of the following statements concerning the middle ear are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. The roof of the middle ear is made by the tegmen tympani.
B. The auditory tube is located in the anterior wall of the middle ear.
C. The promontory is located along the medial wall of the middle ear.
D. The epitympanic recess is located along the posterior wall.
E. The tendon of the tensor tympani enters the middle ear through the medial wall.
78. All of the following are parts of the membranous labyrinth except one. Which one is the exception?
79. All of the following vessels supply the external ear except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Superficial temporal artery
80. All of the following bones make up the medial wall of the orbit except one. Which one is the exception?
E. All of the above (A-D) make up the medial wall of the orbit.
81. Which of the following is a boundary of the optic foramen?
B. Greater wing of the sphenoid
C. Lesser wing of the sphenoid
82. The greater wing of the sphenoid bone and maxilla are separated by which of the following?
83. If the inferior oblique muscle is paralyzed, in what position will the eye point?
84. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. A collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system is called a ganglion.
B. Glands are innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
C. Skeletal muscle is innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
D. Cardiac Muscle is innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
E. A preganglionic sympathetic neuron begins in the central nervous system.
85. At vertebral level L1, what is the connection to the sympathetic chain that allows preganglionic sympathetic fibers to enter?
86. All of the following are correct except one. Which one is the exception?
A. White ramus is unmyelinated.
B. Parasympathetics are also called craniosacral fibers.
C. The nervus intermedius contains preganglionic parasympathetic fibers.
D. Preganglionic fibers are myelinated.
E. Gray ramus contains postganglionic parasympathetic nerves.
87. The greater petrosal nerve carries
A. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibers
B. Postganglionic sympathetic fibers
C. Postganglionic parasympathetic fibers
D. Preganglionic sympathetic fibers
88. Preganglionic parasympathetics are found in all of the following nerves except one. Which one is the exception?
E. All of the above (A-D) contain preganglionic parasympathetics.
89. All of the following areas are anesthetized in an inferior alveolar nerve block except one. Which one is the exception?
B. Epithelium of posterior 1/3rd of the tongue
90. Which of the following injections is considered a “blind injection?”
A. Inferior alveolar nerve block
E. Posterior superior alveolar nerve block
91. Which of the following nerve blocks has a significant risk for a hematoma of the pterygoid plexus?
A. Inferior alveolar nerve block
D. Greater palatine nerve block
E. Posterior superior alveolar nerve block
92. The lateral cord of the brachial plexus is derived from:
93. All of the following are contents of the posterior mediastinum except one. Which one is the exception?
94. All of the following are contents of the superior mediastinum except one. Which one is the exception?
95. From what immediate vessel does the inferior suprarenal artery arise?
96. Which of the following structures is a retroperitoneal organ?
97. The nerve that innervates the muscle that INITIATES Abduction is which of the following?
98. Which of the following nerves arise as immediate branches from the upper trunk of the brachial plexus?
99. Which of the following structures is found between the right lobe of the liver and the quadrate lobe of the liver?
100. Which of the following attach to the Lesser tubercle?
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