Head & Neck – Session 1 1 What are the main muscle groups in the head? Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 2 Where are the muscles in the face? How do they produce their effect? Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 3 What nerve are the muscles of mastication supplied by? Max. Mark Actual Mark 1 4 Max. Mark 4 What muscles does the facial nerve supply? Where does it divide into its extra-cranial branches? Actual Mark 5 What is the most common non-traumatic cause of facial paralysis? What is this called? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 6 How does the aforementioned facial paralysis present? Max. Mark Actual Mark 1 7 Why are the branches of the facial nerve at subject to injury? What injuries are they commonly injured in? What surgical procedure is the facial nerve and its branches commonly injured in? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 8 Max. Mark 2 What artery do the arteries that supply the face mostly branch off of? What artery is the major arterial supply to the face? Actual Mark 9 Where can the pulse of the facial artery be palpated? What do you need to do in the event of facial artery laceration and why? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 10 Describe the major venous drainage of the face and what these veins drain into Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 11 Describe how the external jugular vein is formed Max. Mark Actual Mark 1 12 Max. Mark 5 What is the superficial cervical fascia? Where does it lie? Where is it thinnest? What does it contain? Actual Mark 13 Where does the Platysma develop from? What is it innervated by? Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 14 Describe the action of the platysma Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 15 What are the layers of the deep cervical fascia Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 16 Max. Mark 3 What does the carotid sheath contain? Actual Mark 17 Describe the functions of the deep cervical fascia Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 18 What is the most superficial fascia of the neck? What does it enclose? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 19 Where does the pretracheal fascia blend into and with what? Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 20 Max. Mark 4 What does the pretracheal sheath enclose? Actual Mark 21 What is the innermost layer of deep fascia? What does it enclose? Where does it extend? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 22 Where does the carotid sheath extend from and to? What does it contain? Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 23 What are the cleavage planes and what do they allow? Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 24 Describe the spread of infection between the investing layer and the muscular part of the pretracheal surrounding the infrahyoid muscles Max. Mark Actual Mark 1 25 Max. Mark 1 Describe the spread of infection between the Investing and visceral pretracheal layers Actual Mark 26 Where might pus from an abscess lying behind the Prevertebral layer of deep cervical fascia extend to? What may happen if it spreads to this location? What will be the symptoms of this? Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 27 What is the retropharyngeal space? What is its clinical importance? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 28 Max. Mark 6 Describe the borders of the anterior triangle of the neck Actual Mark 29 The anterior triangle can be further divided into four other triangles. What are they? Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 30 Max. Mark 4 Name the contents in the subdivision of the anterior triangle labelled 4 Actual Mark 31 Name the contents in the subdivision of the anterior triangle labelled 5 Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 32 Max. Mark 4 Name the contents in the subdivision of the anterior triangle labelled 7 Actual Mark 33 Name the contents in the subdivision of the anterior triangle labelled 6 Max. Mark Actual Mark 7 34 Max. Mark 6 Describe the borders of the posterior triangle of the neck Actual Mark 35 Name the subdivisions of the posterior triangle of the neck Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 36 Max. Mark 6 Name the contents in the subdivision of the posterior triangle labelled 2 Actual Mark 37 Name the contents in the subdivision of the posterior triangle labelled 3 Max. Mark Actual Mark 4 38 Where are the hyoid muscles? What do they provide attachments for? What are their function? Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 39 Max. Mark 4 Name the suprahyoid muscles Actual Mark 40 Describe how the digastric muscle is formed and how this helps it perform its function Max. Mark Actual Mark 3 41 Describe the function of the suprahyoid muscles Max. Mark Actual Mark 2 42 What are the two groups of infrahyoid muscles? Name what infrahyoid muscles are in both groups Max. Mark Actual Mark 6 43 Max. Mark 2 Describe the function of the infrahyoid muscles Actual Mark