The Neck Practice Exam

Damage to the inferior alveolar nerve would affect which anterior neck muscles?

• Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

• Anterior digastric and mylohyoid

• Omohyoid and thyrohyoid

• Posterior digastric and geniohyoid

Damage to the inferior alveolar nerve would impair which anterior neck muscle actions?

• Flexion and rotation of the neck

• Elevation of the thyroid cartilage, depression of the hyoid, flexion of the neck and swallowing

• Depression and retraction of the mandible, and elevation of the hyoid and floor of the mouth

• Constriction of the pharynx and elevation of the soft palate

What forms the Ansa cervicalis?

• Fibers from the spinal accessory nerve and vagus nerve

• Hypoglossal nerve and glossopharyngeal nerve

• Descending hypoglossal – C1 and descending cervical – C2–C3 roots

• Cervical sympathetic trunk and phrenic nerve

What muscles of the infrahyoid region would be affected by damage to the Ansa cervicalis?

• Geniohyoid, digastric, thyrohyoid, and stylohyoid

• Sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid

• Digastric and mylohyoid

• Cricothyroid and vocalis

What movements of the hyoid would be primarily affected by damage to the Ansa cervicalis?

• Elevation of the hyoid

• Depression of the hyoid

• Retraction of the hyoid

• Rotation of the hyoid

What muscles form and lie in the submandibular triangle?

• Omohyoid, sternohyoid, and thyrohyoid

• Masseter, buccinator, and orbicularis oris

• Anterior and posterior digastric, stylohyoid, mylohyoid, hyoglossus, and middle pharyngeal constrictor

• Geniohyoid, mylohyoid, masseter, hyoglossus, buccinator, thyrohyoid, and cricothyroid muscles

Trauma to the area of the submandibular triangle would affect which nerves?

• Phrenic, recurrent laryngeal, and spinal accessory nerves

• Glossopharyngeal, auriculotemporal, and vagus nerves

• Hypoglossal, lingual, and mylohyoid nerves

• Infraorbital, mandibular, and superior laryngeal nerves

Trauma to the area of the submandibular triangle would affect which arteries?

• Superior thyroid and occipital artery

• Lingual and facial artery

• Vertebral and inferior thyroid artery

• Submental and maxillary artery

What areas specifically would be affected by trauma to the submandibular triangle?

• Posterior belly of digastric, thyroid cartilage, and epiglottis

• Upper larynx, pharyngeal constrictors, and sternothyroid

• Tongue, anterior digastric, and mylohyoid muscles

• Cricothyroid, arytenoid, and vocal folds

Which are the branches off the internal carotid artery in the neck?

• Superior thyroid, lingual, and facial

• Ascending pharyngeal and occipital

• There are none

• External carotid and vertebral branches