H&N ANATOMY Chapter 8

Which of the following effects is prevented from occurring on the target nerve during the administration of a local anesthetic agent?

• Resting potential

• Action potential

Sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves are antagonistic to one another. BOTH nerve systems function as part of the somatic nervous system.

• The first statement is true; the second is false.

• The first statement is false; the second is true.

Which of the following actions could result from involvement by the efferent part of the fifth cranial nerve?

• Toothache in the jaw

• Chewing a piece of gum

Which of the following skull foramina are associated with the pathway of the seventh cranial nerve from the brain to the facial region?

• Internal acoustic meatus and external acoustic meatus

• Internal acoustic meatus and stylomastoid foramen

When a patient complains of pain associated with a thermal burn caused by hot coffee on the anterior dorsal surface of the tongue, which of the following nerves transmits this pain?

• Glossopharyngeal nerve

• Facial nerve

Discomfort from an infection of BOTH the frontal and ethmoidal sinuses would be associated with involvement of which of the following nerves?

• Frontal nerve

• Nasociliary nerve

Which of the following nerves listed below does NOT go on to form the maxillary nerve within the pterygopalatine fossa?

• Incisive nerve

• Anterior superior alveolar nerve

During a dental procedure on the buccal surface of the maxillary molars, a patient reports discomfort in the buccal gingival tissue. Which of the following nerves carries this sensation to the brain and may need to be anesthetized?

• Buccal nerve

• Posterior superior alveolar nerve

During an oral surgical procedure on the posterior hard palate, which of the following nerves MUST be anesthetized to provide patient comfort?

• Greater palatine nerve

• Lesser palatine nerve

Which of the following nerves communicates with the lingual nerve within the submandibular ganglion?

• Chorda tympani nerve

• Hypoglossal nerve