Head And Neck Test Questions For Final

Front 1

Which of the following glands is palpated within the sublingual space within the floor of the mouth?

Back 1

Sublingual Gland

Front 2

Opening the jaws during speech and mastication involves both elevation and retraction of the mandible. When the jaws close, this involves both depression and protrusion of the mandible.

Back 2

Both statements FALSE

Front 3

Which of the following oral regions is not drained by the facial vein?

Back 3

Frontal region, upper lip area, lower lip area, submental region, lingual and sublingual regions are all drained by facial vein

Front 4

The submandibular lymph nodes are located at the inferior border of the ramus of mandible just superior to the submandibular salivary gland and within submandibular faucial space. These nodes drain the cheeks, upper lip, body of the tongue, anterior portion of the hard palate, as well as the mandibular incisors and maxillary 3rd molars.

Back 4

First statement is TRUE, second statement is FALSE

Front 5

Which of the following disease states can cause a periapical abcess?

Back 5

Progressive caries

Front 6

The common carotid artery is branchless & travels up the neck lateral to the trachea and larynx to the upper border of the thyroid cartilage. The common carotid artery travels in a sheath deep to the superior middle & inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles.

Back 6

First statement is TRUE, second statement is FALSE

Front 7

What is the term used for serious life threatening blood vessel lesion that occurs when a blood vessel is seriously traumatized allowing large amounts of blood to escape into the surrounding tissue without clotting?

Back 7

Hemorrhage

Front 8

Which of the following cranial nerves is involved in bell's palsey?

Back 8

Facial