DENTAL GROSS ANATOMY: Sample Questions

WEEK 10 -- Nov. 05, 2007

1. Which of the following statements about the tympanic cavity is NOT correct?
   • A. it contains the semicircular canals
   • B. it has a direct connection with the nasopharynx
   • C. the chorda tympani nerve courses through it
   • D. it contains the auditory ossicles
   • E. it has direct communication with the mastoid air cells
   
   
2. The separation between superior deep cervical nodes and inferior deep cervical nodes occurs at the:
   • A. hyoid bone.
   • B. thyroid cartilage.
   • C. intermediate tendon of the digastric.
   • D. intermdeiate portion of the omohyoid.
   • E. cricoid cartilage.
   
   
3. Lesion of the superior laryngeal nerve will cause paralysis of the:
   • A. thyroarytenoid muscle.
   • B. posterior cricoarytenoid muscle.
   • C. cricothyroid muscle.
   • D. arytenoid muscle.
   • E. vocalis muscle.
   
   
4. The motor nerve impulses to the sphincter pupillae muscles leave the central nervous system in the:
   • A. oculomotor nerve.
   • B. trigeminal nerve.
   • C. facial nerve.
   • D. glossopharyngeal nerve.
   • E. upper thoracic nerves.