DENTAL GROSS ANATOMY: Answers to Sample Questions

WEEK 8 -- October 22, 2007

1. Which of the following does NOT contribute blood supply to the nasal septum?
   • A. anterior ethmoidal artery
   • B. lesser palatine artery
   • C. nasopalatine artery
   • D. septal branch of the superior labial artery
   
   
2. The pterygopalatine fossa communicates with the infratemporal fossa via the:
   • A. infraorbital fissure
   • B. pterygopalatine canal
   • C. pterygomaxillary fissure
   • D. pharyngeal canal
   • E. sphenopalatine foramen
   
   
3. The parasympathetic preganglionic nerve fibers to the pterygopalatine ganglion are fibers of which cranial nerve?
   • A. trigeminal
   • B. oculomotor
   • C. vagus
   • D. facial
   • E. glossopharyngeal
   
   
4. The middle nasal concha is part of what bone?
   • A. nasal
   • B. vomer
   • C. ethmoid
   • D. sphenoid
   • E. none of the above
   
   

1. maxillary air sinus
2. temporalis muscle
3. spheno-occipital clivus