OROFACIAL 2 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
*The posterior superior alveolar artery and its branches supply the
A. maxillary posterior teeth and periodontium
B. mandibular posterior teeth and periodontium
C. sternocleidomastoid muscle and thyroid gland
D. temporalis muscle and parotid salivary gland - Answer -maxillary posterior teeth and
periodontium
*Which of the following descriptions concerning the pterygoid plexus of veins is
CORRECT?
A. Located around the infrahyoid muscles Protects the superficial temporal artery
C. Drains the maxillary and mandibular dental arches
D. Can be pierced resulting in xerostomia - Answer -Drains the maxillary and
mandibular dental arches
Which of the following veins results from the merger of the superficial temporal vein and
maxillary vein?
A. Facial
B. Retromandibular
C. Internal jugular
D. External jugular
E. Brachiocephalic - Answer -Retromandibular
Which of the following arteries arises from the inferior alveolar artery before the artery
enters the mandibular canal?
A. Mylohyoid artery
B. Incisive artery
C. Mental artery
D. Posterior superior alveolar artery
E. Submental artery - Answer -Mylohyoid artery
Which of the following arteries can sometimes be visible under the skin of the temporal
region on a patient?
A. Maxillary
B. Transverse facial
C. Middle temporal
D. Superficial temporal - Answer -Superficial temporal
Which of the following arteries anastomoses with the anterior superior alveolar artery?
A. Mylohyoid artery
B. PSA artery
C. Facial artery
D. Maxillary artery - Answer -B. PSA artery
,For the left side of the body, the common carotid and subclavian arteries arise directly
from the
A. aorta.
B. brachiocephalic artery.
C. internal carotid artery.
D. external carotid artery. - Answer -A. aorta.
Which of the following is the larger terminal branch of the external carotid artery?
A. Superficial temporal artery
B. Ascending palatine artery
C. Facial artery
D. Maxillary artery
E. Lingual artery - Answer -D. Maxillary artery
*The two brachiocephalic veins unite to form the
A. subclavian veins.
B. external jugular veins.
C. internal jugular veins.
D. superior vena cava.
E. aorta. - Answer -D. superior vena cava.
Which of the following structures is contained w/in the carotid sheath?
A. Facial nerve
B. Internal jugular vein
C. Aorta
D. Superficial lymph nodes - Answer -B. Internal jugular vein
The brainstem of the CNS consists of which structures?
a. cerebrum, cerebellum, pons & medulla
b. medulla, cerebrun, midbrain & pons
c. medulla, pons & midbrain d. midbrain, ganglia & nerves - Answer -c. medulla, pons &
midbrain
The CNS consists of which two of the following structures:
a. spinal cord and PNS
b. brain and spinal cord
c. autonomic and somatic nervous systems
d. brain and autonomic nervous system - Answer -b. brain and spinal cord
Which of the following is a CORRECT statement concerning neurotransmitters within
the nervous system?
a. Discharged with the arrival of the action potential
,b. Bind to red blood cells so as to prompt transmission of impulses
c. Can initiate an action potential in an adjacent cell if inhibitory
d. destroyed by specific white blood cells while still active - Answer -a. Discharged with
the arrival of the action potential
Which of the following artery and transmitting foramen pairs below is a CORRECT
match?
A. Buccal artery-infraorbital foramen
B. Middle meningeal artery-foramen spinosum
C. Incisive artery-mental foramen
D. Inferior labial artery-mandibular foramen
E. Submental artery-mental foramen - Answer -Middle meningeal artery-foramen
spinosum
Which of the following arteries supplies the oral mucosa and glands of BOTH the hard
and soft palates?
A. Greater and lesser palatine arteries
B. Posterior superior alveolar artery
C. Anterior superior alveolar artery
D. Infraorbital artery - Answer -Greater and lesser palatine arteries
*Which of the following vascular lesions may result when a clot on the inner blood
vessel wall becomes dislodged and travels in the vessel?
A. Hematoma
B. Venous sinus
C. Embolus
D. Hemorrhage - Answer -Embolus
Which of the following descriptions concerning the maxillary artery is CORRECT?
A. Arises from the internal carotid artery
B. Enters the pterygopalatine fossa and forms terminal branches
C. Arises from the zygomaticofacial foramen to emerge on the face
D. Has mandibular, maxillary, nasal, palatine, and occipital branches - Answer -Enters
the pterygopalatine fossa and forms terminal branches
*A venous sinus w/in the vascular system is a
A. network of blood vessels.
B. clot on the inner vessel wall.
C. blood-filled space b/t two tissue layers.
D. smaller vein or venule - Answer -blood-filled space b/t two tissue layers.
Which of the following arteries is a branch from the facial artery?
A. Superior labial
B. Ascending pharyngeal
C. Posterior auricular
D. Transverse facial - Answer -Superior labial
, Which of the following structures is a smaller vessel that branches off an arteriole to
supply blood directly to tissue?
A. Artery
B. Capillary
C. Vein
D. Venule - Answer -Capillary
The carotid pulse can be palpated by emergency medical service personal at the level
of the
A. thyroid cartilage.
B. hyoid bone
.C. angle of the mandible.
D. supraclavicular fossa. - Answer -thyroid cartilage.
The tongue is MAINLY supplied by a branch from the
A. internal carotid artery.
B. external carotid artery.
C. sublingal artery.
D. facial artery. - Answer -external carotid artery.
To what division of the nervous system does a nerve cell belong if it leads from the eye
to the brain carrying visual information?
a. central nervous system
b. medulla and pons
c. afferent nervous system
d. efferent nervous system - Answer -c. afferent nervous system
An efferent nerve with the nervous system is known to carry information
a. from the periphery of the body to the brain
b. such as taste or pain to the spinal cord
c. such as proprioception to the brain
d. away from the brain (or spinal cord) to the periphery of the body - Answer -d. away
from the brain (or spinal cord) to the periphery of the body
To which of the following structures does the posterior superior alveolar nerve and its
branches supply?
a. frontal sinus
b. maxillary posterior teeth
c. parotid salivary gland
d. temporalis muscle - Answer -b. maxillary posterior teeth
Through which of the following foramina does the faical nerve pass through the skull?
a. foramen rotundum
b. foramen ovale
c. jugular foramen
*The posterior superior alveolar artery and its branches supply the
A. maxillary posterior teeth and periodontium
B. mandibular posterior teeth and periodontium
C. sternocleidomastoid muscle and thyroid gland
D. temporalis muscle and parotid salivary gland - Answer -maxillary posterior teeth and
periodontium
*Which of the following descriptions concerning the pterygoid plexus of veins is
CORRECT?
A. Located around the infrahyoid muscles Protects the superficial temporal artery
C. Drains the maxillary and mandibular dental arches
D. Can be pierced resulting in xerostomia - Answer -Drains the maxillary and
mandibular dental arches
Which of the following veins results from the merger of the superficial temporal vein and
maxillary vein?
A. Facial
B. Retromandibular
C. Internal jugular
D. External jugular
E. Brachiocephalic - Answer -Retromandibular
Which of the following arteries arises from the inferior alveolar artery before the artery
enters the mandibular canal?
A. Mylohyoid artery
B. Incisive artery
C. Mental artery
D. Posterior superior alveolar artery
E. Submental artery - Answer -Mylohyoid artery
Which of the following arteries can sometimes be visible under the skin of the temporal
region on a patient?
A. Maxillary
B. Transverse facial
C. Middle temporal
D. Superficial temporal - Answer -Superficial temporal
Which of the following arteries anastomoses with the anterior superior alveolar artery?
A. Mylohyoid artery
B. PSA artery
C. Facial artery
D. Maxillary artery - Answer -B. PSA artery
,For the left side of the body, the common carotid and subclavian arteries arise directly
from the
A. aorta.
B. brachiocephalic artery.
C. internal carotid artery.
D. external carotid artery. - Answer -A. aorta.
Which of the following is the larger terminal branch of the external carotid artery?
A. Superficial temporal artery
B. Ascending palatine artery
C. Facial artery
D. Maxillary artery
E. Lingual artery - Answer -D. Maxillary artery
*The two brachiocephalic veins unite to form the
A. subclavian veins.
B. external jugular veins.
C. internal jugular veins.
D. superior vena cava.
E. aorta. - Answer -D. superior vena cava.
Which of the following structures is contained w/in the carotid sheath?
A. Facial nerve
B. Internal jugular vein
C. Aorta
D. Superficial lymph nodes - Answer -B. Internal jugular vein
The brainstem of the CNS consists of which structures?
a. cerebrum, cerebellum, pons & medulla
b. medulla, cerebrun, midbrain & pons
c. medulla, pons & midbrain d. midbrain, ganglia & nerves - Answer -c. medulla, pons &
midbrain
The CNS consists of which two of the following structures:
a. spinal cord and PNS
b. brain and spinal cord
c. autonomic and somatic nervous systems
d. brain and autonomic nervous system - Answer -b. brain and spinal cord
Which of the following is a CORRECT statement concerning neurotransmitters within
the nervous system?
a. Discharged with the arrival of the action potential
,b. Bind to red blood cells so as to prompt transmission of impulses
c. Can initiate an action potential in an adjacent cell if inhibitory
d. destroyed by specific white blood cells while still active - Answer -a. Discharged with
the arrival of the action potential
Which of the following artery and transmitting foramen pairs below is a CORRECT
match?
A. Buccal artery-infraorbital foramen
B. Middle meningeal artery-foramen spinosum
C. Incisive artery-mental foramen
D. Inferior labial artery-mandibular foramen
E. Submental artery-mental foramen - Answer -Middle meningeal artery-foramen
spinosum
Which of the following arteries supplies the oral mucosa and glands of BOTH the hard
and soft palates?
A. Greater and lesser palatine arteries
B. Posterior superior alveolar artery
C. Anterior superior alveolar artery
D. Infraorbital artery - Answer -Greater and lesser palatine arteries
*Which of the following vascular lesions may result when a clot on the inner blood
vessel wall becomes dislodged and travels in the vessel?
A. Hematoma
B. Venous sinus
C. Embolus
D. Hemorrhage - Answer -Embolus
Which of the following descriptions concerning the maxillary artery is CORRECT?
A. Arises from the internal carotid artery
B. Enters the pterygopalatine fossa and forms terminal branches
C. Arises from the zygomaticofacial foramen to emerge on the face
D. Has mandibular, maxillary, nasal, palatine, and occipital branches - Answer -Enters
the pterygopalatine fossa and forms terminal branches
*A venous sinus w/in the vascular system is a
A. network of blood vessels.
B. clot on the inner vessel wall.
C. blood-filled space b/t two tissue layers.
D. smaller vein or venule - Answer -blood-filled space b/t two tissue layers.
Which of the following arteries is a branch from the facial artery?
A. Superior labial
B. Ascending pharyngeal
C. Posterior auricular
D. Transverse facial - Answer -Superior labial
, Which of the following structures is a smaller vessel that branches off an arteriole to
supply blood directly to tissue?
A. Artery
B. Capillary
C. Vein
D. Venule - Answer -Capillary
The carotid pulse can be palpated by emergency medical service personal at the level
of the
A. thyroid cartilage.
B. hyoid bone
.C. angle of the mandible.
D. supraclavicular fossa. - Answer -thyroid cartilage.
The tongue is MAINLY supplied by a branch from the
A. internal carotid artery.
B. external carotid artery.
C. sublingal artery.
D. facial artery. - Answer -external carotid artery.
To what division of the nervous system does a nerve cell belong if it leads from the eye
to the brain carrying visual information?
a. central nervous system
b. medulla and pons
c. afferent nervous system
d. efferent nervous system - Answer -c. afferent nervous system
An efferent nerve with the nervous system is known to carry information
a. from the periphery of the body to the brain
b. such as taste or pain to the spinal cord
c. such as proprioception to the brain
d. away from the brain (or spinal cord) to the periphery of the body - Answer -d. away
from the brain (or spinal cord) to the periphery of the body
To which of the following structures does the posterior superior alveolar nerve and its
branches supply?
a. frontal sinus
b. maxillary posterior teeth
c. parotid salivary gland
d. temporalis muscle - Answer -b. maxillary posterior teeth
Through which of the following foramina does the faical nerve pass through the skull?
a. foramen rotundum
b. foramen ovale
c. jugular foramen
