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1
Q

What are the 4 main bones in the skull that contain air spaces

A

Maxilla (containing the largest sinus)
Ethmoid (contains a lot of small sinuses)
Frontal
Sphenoid

2
Q

What are air spaces called

A

Sinuses

3
Q

What is ankyloglossia

A

A shortened lingual frenulum

Exhibited by 4-11% of new borns

4
Q

What is the inverted V shaped boundary separating the anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3 of the tongue called

A

The sulcus terminalis

5
Q

What are the names of the 3 main foramen in the hard palate

A

The incisive foramen (maxilla)
The greater palatine foramen (between the maxilla and the palatine bone)
Lesser palatine foramen (palatine bone)

6
Q

Where are the 3 pulse points in the neck

A

Temporal pulse
Facial pulse
Carotid pulse

7
Q

What clinical condition is associated with damages motor branches in the face?

A

Bell’s palsy

8
Q

What is bell’s palsy?

A

It is when the motor branches of the facial nerve stop working properly and the muscles of facial expression on that side become paralysed

9
Q

What caused Bell’s palsy?

A

Bell’s is usually caused by a virus which causes inflammation of the facial nerve while it is still travelling through the temporal bone

10
Q

What does the trigeminal nerve have?

A

A large ganglion located inside the cranial cavity just inferior to the bran

11
Q

Which nerve and division of this nerve are the upper teeth supplied by?

A

The Maxillary (V2) nerve division of cranial nerve V (the trigeminal nerve)

12
Q

Which nerve and division of this nerve are the lower teeth supplied by?

A

The Mandibular (V2) nerve division of cranial nerve V (the trigeminal nerve)

13
Q

Which nerve and division of this nerve is the skin supplied by?

A

Is supplied by all the divisions of the trigeminal nerve

14
Q

What lies anterior to the sulcus terminals in the tongue?

A

Circumvallate papillae

15
Q

What muscle divides the neck into anterior and posterior triangles?

A

Sternocleidomastoid muscle