Anatomy Neck

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Anatomy of the Neck Quiz

Test your knowledge on the anatomy of the neck with our comprehensive quiz. This challenging set of 25 questions covers various aspects of neck anatomy including arteries, muscles, nerves, and more.

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What is false about the superior thyroid artery?

Arises from external carotid artery in the carotid triangle

Reaches the upper pole of thyroid gland

Supplies the sternocleidomastoid m.

Supplies suprahyoid muscle

All above

All the following arteries are branches of the external carotid artery except:

Ascending pharyngeal a., which origins from posterior aspect of the artery

Superior thyroid- the first branch

Maxillary – the terminal branch

Posterior auricular artery – arising in carotid triangle

All above are true

Which of the following arteries is not a branch of the thyrocervical?

Inlet of the larynx is bounded by:

Upper margin of thyroid bone is front

Lingual surface of epiglottis medially

Base of tongue posteriorly

Pharyngoepiglottic folds laterally

All above are false

Internal jugular vein:

Begins at jugular foramen as a continuation of superior sagittal sinus

Descends in the carotid sheath on the medial side of the common carotid a.

Unites with the external jugular vein to form subclavian vein

Unites with subclavian vein to form brachiocephalic vein

All above are false

External jugular vein begins just behind the angle of the mandible by the union of:

Posterior auricular vein and posterior external jugular vein

Transverse cervical vein and division of retromandibular vein

Posterior auricular vein and posterior division of retromandibular vein

Anterior auricular vein and posterior auricular vein

All above are false

External carotid artery:

Begins at the level of the upper border of the cricoid cartilage

Is crossed by the anterior belly of digastric m.

At its origin lies lateral to the internal carotid a.

At its origin lies anterior to the internal carotid a.

All above are false

Rima vestibule:

Is bounded by the inlet of the larynx

Is bounded by the vocal and the vestibular folds

Is formed by the inferior margins of the quadrangular membrane

Is below the rima glottidis

All above are false

Which muscle is not innervated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve (inferior laryngeal):

Superior laryngeal nerve does not supply:

Which of the following statements concerning the parathyroid glands are false?

They are intimately related to the lateral border of the thyroid gland´s lobes

They are usually four in number

Their arterial supply is from the inferior thyroid a.

Position is variable: may be anywhere from carotid bifurcation sup. To the mediastinum inf.

All above are true

In the thyroid gland you can find:

Superior and inferior lobes

Medial and lateral lobes

The isthmus laying on the anterior surface of the larynx

Pyramidal lobes projecting downwards

All above are false

What is false about the ansa cervicalis?

Formed by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cervical nerves

Its descending rams is made by the 1st cervical spinal nerve

Supplies all infrahyoid muscles

Lies in the carotid sheath

All above are true

In the superficial layer of the back muscle you can find:

Latissimus dorsi innervated by accessory nerve

Trapezius innervated by short branches of cervical plexus

Semispinalis capitis m. Innervated by dorsal ramus of spinal nerve

Rectus capitis m. Innervated by suboccipital nerve

None of above

Hypoglossal nerve:

Leaves the skull through lat. Part of jugular foramen with the pharyngeal nerve

Descends along the stylopharyngeus m.

Goes between external and internal carotid arteries

Goes on the internal side of hyoglossus

All above are false

Accessory nerve:

Contains sensory and motor fibers

Its external branch joins vagus nerve at the level of inf. Ganglion of vagus nerve

Innervates muscles from the middle group of the neck

Its cranial part goes by the foramen magnum

Supplies the suprahyoid muscle of neck

Leaves the skull by carotid canal

All above are false

Supplies trapezius m.

Choose true sentences about glossopharyngeal nerve:

Its carotid branch passes through the masts canaliculus

Its branch tympanic nerve goes to the carotid body

It innervates base of the tongue

Is innervates trapezius m.

All above are false

The superior cervical ganglion:

Gives the white communicating fibers to the internal carotid artery

Gives demyelinated branches to the thyroid gland

Gives white branches to the larynx

Gives postganglionic nerve to cardiac plexus

All above are false

Parapharyngeal space:

Anteriorly is limited by medial pterygoid m

Posteriorly is limited by branch of the mandible

Medially is limited by parotid gland

Laterally is limited by the wall of the pharynx

All above are false

Which structures are not innervated by branches of the vagus nerve?

Submental triangle:

Is limited by posterior belly of digastric muscle

Is limited by the branch of mandible

Contains tributaries of anterior jugular vein

Contains tributaries of facial vein

All above are false

Common carotid artery:

Has the same origin on both sides

The right one is longer that the left

Has the same length on both sides

The left one is longer than the right

All above are false

What is false about carotid body?

It is an accumulation of the baroreceptors

Is lies in the area of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery

It is innervated by the branches of accessory nerve

It is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve

All above are true

What is true about the sternothyroid muscle?

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