Gross Anatomy NBME Exam 2026 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers | New
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What muscles are innervated by ansa cervicalis? (What kind of muscles
are these?) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Omohyoid, sternohyoid and sternothyroid
(Infrahyoid muscles)
The trachea begins at what vertebral level? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C6
The posterior branch of the retromandibular vein and the posterior auricular
vein join to form the _________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔External Jugular
What muscles make up the suboccipital triangle? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Recus
capitis posterior major, obliqus capitis major, obliqus capitis minor
,What are the contents of the suboccipital triangle? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Vertebral artery and suboccipital nerve
What is the blood supply to the spinal cord? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔One anterior
artery and two posterior arteries
Where does the internal jugular drain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
brachiocephalic vein
Most lymph vessels of the face, ear and scalp drain into _________ lymph
nodes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deep cervical
The pyramidal lobe of the thyroid is a remnant of the... - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔thyroglossal duct
External laryngeal supplies two muscles. Name them. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Cricothyroid and Inferior Pharyngeal Constrictor
What nerve provides cutaneous innervation on the medial plantar side of
the foot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tibial
The anterior cruciate ligament prevents... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔posterior
displacement of the femur
, The posterior cruciate ligament prevents... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔anterior
displacement of the femur
Branches from the internal thoracic artery include... - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Superior epigastric and musculophrenic
The remnant of the thyroglossal duct on the tongue is the _____________ -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Foramen cecum
The branches of the facial nerve on the face include ______________ -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular and cervical
Anastomosis of the deep branch of the occipital artery is
____________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deep cervical
Anastomosis of the superficial branch of the occipital artery is
______________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Transverse cervical
The external nasal nerve is a branch of the which trigeminal nerve? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ophthalmic nerve (V1)
The infratrochlear nerve is a branch of which trigeminal nerve? The
infraorbital nerve? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ophthalmic nerve (V1), Maxillary nerve
(V2)
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Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
What muscles are innervated by ansa cervicalis? (What kind of muscles
are these?) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Omohyoid, sternohyoid and sternothyroid
(Infrahyoid muscles)
The trachea begins at what vertebral level? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C6
The posterior branch of the retromandibular vein and the posterior auricular
vein join to form the _________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔External Jugular
What muscles make up the suboccipital triangle? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Recus
capitis posterior major, obliqus capitis major, obliqus capitis minor
,What are the contents of the suboccipital triangle? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Vertebral artery and suboccipital nerve
What is the blood supply to the spinal cord? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔One anterior
artery and two posterior arteries
Where does the internal jugular drain? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The
brachiocephalic vein
Most lymph vessels of the face, ear and scalp drain into _________ lymph
nodes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deep cervical
The pyramidal lobe of the thyroid is a remnant of the... - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔thyroglossal duct
External laryngeal supplies two muscles. Name them. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Cricothyroid and Inferior Pharyngeal Constrictor
What nerve provides cutaneous innervation on the medial plantar side of
the foot? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tibial
The anterior cruciate ligament prevents... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔posterior
displacement of the femur
, The posterior cruciate ligament prevents... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔anterior
displacement of the femur
Branches from the internal thoracic artery include... - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Superior epigastric and musculophrenic
The remnant of the thyroglossal duct on the tongue is the _____________ -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Foramen cecum
The branches of the facial nerve on the face include ______________ -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular and cervical
Anastomosis of the deep branch of the occipital artery is
____________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Deep cervical
Anastomosis of the superficial branch of the occipital artery is
______________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Transverse cervical
The external nasal nerve is a branch of the which trigeminal nerve? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The ophthalmic nerve (V1)
The infratrochlear nerve is a branch of which trigeminal nerve? The
infraorbital nerve? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Ophthalmic nerve (V1), Maxillary nerve
(V2)
3
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