Midterm Flashcards
Where does the sigmoid sinus end?
In the jugular foramen
What is the largest sinus?
Sigmoid sinus
The internal jugular vein is formed by what sinus?
Jugular sinus
Which sinus is not attached to the confluence of sinus?
Inferior sinus
What runs through the cavernous sinus?
Internal carotid artery
What is the immediate posterior structure in relationship to the thyroid?
Esophagus
Which nerve runs with the superior thyroid artery?
External laryngeal nerve
Which nerve runs with the inferior thyroid artery?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
These drain into the internal jugular vein…
Superior thyroid and middle thyroid
This drains into the brachiocephalic vein…
Inferior thyroid vein
All 12 pair of cranial nerves exit through the ventral aspect of the brain except for…
Trochlear nerve (exits from dorsal aspect of brain)
What are the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve (V)?
- Ophthalmic
- Axillary
- Mandible
What nerves are the eye muscles innervated by?
Oculomotor n. (III)
Trochlear n. (IV)
Abducens n. (VI)
Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) controls what?
Hearing, balance and equilibrium (purely sensory)
Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) controls what?
Posterior 1/3 of tongue, also one muscle of pharynx (stylophryngeus)
Vegas nerve (X) controls what?
Goes all the way to abdomen; supplies muscles of palate, pharynx, lungs, visceral, abdominal viscera, left colic flexure
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)controls what?
Purely motor; supplies most muscles of tongue. (One muscle of the tongue not supplied by hypoglossal nerve is the palatoglossus muscle (gets innervation from vagus))
True or false? Olefactory and optic are true cranial nerves.
False
Where do the olfactory originate from?
Mucous membrane
Where do optic nerves originate from?
Retina of the eye (ganglion)