HEAD AND NECK ANATOMY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Smooth, elevated region b/w the eyebrows in the frontal region? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glabella
directly inferior to each eyebrow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅supraorbital ridge
inner angles of the eye, "inner canthus" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅medial canthus
wing-like cartilaginous struc that laterally border the nares - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ala
Region of the head containing the ear: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auricular region
In which region of the head and neck is the tragus located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auricular region
Which region is the frontal eminence evident? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅frontal region
Which region is the naris located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nasal region
Which region is the philtrum located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅oral region (vertical groove on skin
extending down from nasal septum)
Which ms divides the neck diagonally into an anterior cervical triangle and posterior cervical triangle? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sternocleomastoid (SCM)
The tissue at the jxn b/w the labial or buccal mucosa and the alveolar mucosa is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅mucobuccal fold
At the gingival margin of each tooth is the non attached or "free gingiva" aka _________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅marginal gingiva
,What is the fold of tissue located at the midline b/w the labial mucosa and the alveolar mucosa on both
the maxilla and the mandible? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅labial frenum
Darker appearance that lines the lips, represents change in epidermis from highly keratinized skin to less
keratinized internal mucosal junction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅vermillion border
Which of the following structures extends from just inferior to the lateral margin of the eye toward the
ear? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅zygomatic arch
Fold of tissue that extends from the jxn of the hard and soft palate on each side down to the mandible,
just posterior to the most distal mand molar; stretches when pt opens the mouth wider - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pterygomandibular fold
The opening from the oral region into the oropharynx is the: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fauces
Part of the pharynx that is superior to the level of the soft palate (continuous with the nasal cavity) -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nasopharynx (from top to bottom, naso, oro, laryngo then esophagus (NOL)
What is the small papilla at the anterior end of each sublingual fold that contains the duct openings? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sublingual caruncle
Lateral to the deep lingual veins on each side of the tongue, folds with fringe-like projections - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅plica frimbriata
What is the difference between the foliate, fungiform and filiform lingual papillae? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Foliate-LATERAL surface of tongue with vertical ridges (taste buds)
Fungiform: red mushroom shaped dotes (less in number), taste buds
Filiform: slender, threadlike lingual -CAT,and for grooming, no papillae-give dorsal surface its velvety
texture
(1. Circumvallate-BIG, 2. fungiform, 3. filiform
What separates the lower lip from the chin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅labiomental groove
, What bone is suspended within the neck without any bony articulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hyoid
bone
In addition to the zygomatic bone, which of the following bones has a process that forms the other part
of the zygomatic arch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅temporal bone
Which of the following is the location of the articulation of the partietal bones and occipital bone?
a. coronal suture
b. squamosal suture
c. sagittal suture
d. lambdoidal suture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d, lambdoidal suture
Which vertebrae forms an articulation with the occipital condyles? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atlas
where are the genial tubercles located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
The orbital apex is composed of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone and the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅palatine bone
Where is the median palatine suture located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅landmark formed by the
maxillae,
Which of the following struc is located or travels within the infratemporal fossa?
a. masseter ms
b. pterygopalatine ganglion
c. posterior superior alveolar artery
d. maxillary division of the fifth cranial nerve - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c, posterior superior alveolar
artery
Smooth, elevated region b/w the eyebrows in the frontal region? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅glabella
directly inferior to each eyebrow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅supraorbital ridge
inner angles of the eye, "inner canthus" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅medial canthus
wing-like cartilaginous struc that laterally border the nares - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ala
Region of the head containing the ear: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auricular region
In which region of the head and neck is the tragus located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅auricular region
Which region is the frontal eminence evident? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅frontal region
Which region is the naris located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nasal region
Which region is the philtrum located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅oral region (vertical groove on skin
extending down from nasal septum)
Which ms divides the neck diagonally into an anterior cervical triangle and posterior cervical triangle? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sternocleomastoid (SCM)
The tissue at the jxn b/w the labial or buccal mucosa and the alveolar mucosa is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅mucobuccal fold
At the gingival margin of each tooth is the non attached or "free gingiva" aka _________ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅marginal gingiva
,What is the fold of tissue located at the midline b/w the labial mucosa and the alveolar mucosa on both
the maxilla and the mandible? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅labial frenum
Darker appearance that lines the lips, represents change in epidermis from highly keratinized skin to less
keratinized internal mucosal junction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅vermillion border
Which of the following structures extends from just inferior to the lateral margin of the eye toward the
ear? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅zygomatic arch
Fold of tissue that extends from the jxn of the hard and soft palate on each side down to the mandible,
just posterior to the most distal mand molar; stretches when pt opens the mouth wider - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅pterygomandibular fold
The opening from the oral region into the oropharynx is the: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fauces
Part of the pharynx that is superior to the level of the soft palate (continuous with the nasal cavity) -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅nasopharynx (from top to bottom, naso, oro, laryngo then esophagus (NOL)
What is the small papilla at the anterior end of each sublingual fold that contains the duct openings? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sublingual caruncle
Lateral to the deep lingual veins on each side of the tongue, folds with fringe-like projections - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅plica frimbriata
What is the difference between the foliate, fungiform and filiform lingual papillae? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Foliate-LATERAL surface of tongue with vertical ridges (taste buds)
Fungiform: red mushroom shaped dotes (less in number), taste buds
Filiform: slender, threadlike lingual -CAT,and for grooming, no papillae-give dorsal surface its velvety
texture
(1. Circumvallate-BIG, 2. fungiform, 3. filiform
What separates the lower lip from the chin? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅labiomental groove
, What bone is suspended within the neck without any bony articulation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hyoid
bone
In addition to the zygomatic bone, which of the following bones has a process that forms the other part
of the zygomatic arch? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅temporal bone
Which of the following is the location of the articulation of the partietal bones and occipital bone?
a. coronal suture
b. squamosal suture
c. sagittal suture
d. lambdoidal suture - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅d, lambdoidal suture
Which vertebrae forms an articulation with the occipital condyles? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Atlas
where are the genial tubercles located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅
The orbital apex is composed of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone and the _______ - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅palatine bone
Where is the median palatine suture located? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅landmark formed by the
maxillae,
Which of the following struc is located or travels within the infratemporal fossa?
a. masseter ms
b. pterygopalatine ganglion
c. posterior superior alveolar artery
d. maxillary division of the fifth cranial nerve - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅c, posterior superior alveolar
artery
