DENTAL GROSS ANATOMY: Sample Questions

WEEK 3 -- September 17, 2007

1. Sensory loss in the skin overlying the mastoid process suggests injury to the:
   • A. Accessory nerve
   • B. Lesser occipital nerve
   • C. Suprascapular nerve
   • D. Transverse cervical nerve
   • E. Facial nerve
   
   
2. The anterior scalene muscle inserts on the:
   • A. Clavicle
   • B. Scapula
   • C. Manubrium Sterni
   • D. 1st rib
   • E. None of the above
   
   
3. Infiltration of anesthetic at several points along the posterior border of the sternocleidomastoid muscle will produce loss of sensation in which cutaneous regions?
   • A. Just inferior to the external ear
   • B. Over the sternocleidomastoid muscle
   • C. Over the clavicle
   • D. Over the thyroid cartilage
   • E. All of the above
   
   

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