ORAL ANA quiz 2

Which of the following branches of the maxillary artery primarily supplies the pterygoid muscles?

• Deep auricular artery

• Masseteric artery

• Pterygoid branches

• Buccal artery

The auriculotemporal nerve carries postganglionic parasympathetic fibers to the parotid gland. These fibers originally arise from which cranial nerve?

• Facial nerve (CN VII)

• Trigeminal nerve (CN V)

• Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

• Vagus nerve (CN X)

All of the following muscles assist in depressing the mandible except:

• Geniohyoid

• Mylohyoid

• Digastric

• Temporalis

The retromolar triangle is located between which two muscular attachments?

• Mylohyoid and genioglossus

• Mylohyoid and pterygomandibular raphe

• Genioglossus and hyoglossus

• Masseter and medial pterygoid

During inferior alveolar nerve block, which ligament may restrict the medial movement of the needle?

• Stylomandibular ligament

• Sphenomandibular ligament

• Temporomandibular ligament

• Pterygomandibular raphe

Which of the following is the embryologic origin of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?

• Tuberculum impar

• Lateral lingual swellings

• Copula

• Hypobranchial eminence

The pterygopalatine fossa communicates with the orbit through which opening?

• Foramen rotundum

• Pterygoid canal

• Inferior orbital fissure

• Greater palatine canal

Which nerve innervates the mucosa of the anterior hard palate just behind the maxillary incisors?

• Greater palatine nerve

• Nasopalatine nerve

• Infraorbital nerve

• Posterior superior alveolar nerve

Which part of the temporalis muscle is primarily responsible for retrusion of the mandible?

• Anterior fibers

• Middle fibers

• Posterior fibers

• Deep fibers

The mandibular lingula serves as the attachment point for which structure?

• Stylomandibular ligament

• Temporomandibular ligament

• Sphenomandibular ligament

• Pterygoid fascia