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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick, dome-shaped muscle that separates the abdomen from the thorax is called the:
Sternocleomastoid
Levator costarum longis
Pectoralis major
Diaphragm
Which branch of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X) innervates the cricothyroid muscle?
Superior laryngeal nerve
Lateral laryngeal nerve
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Pharyngeal branch
The primary muscle of the lips is the
Orbicularis oris
Buccinator
Risorius
Levator labii superioris
The neurons that transmit information away from the brain are called
Afferent neurons
Efferent neurons
Primary neurons
Peripheral neurons
An important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus (which controls emotions) and the thalamus (which relays sensory impulses to various portions of the cerebral cortex) is called the
Mesencephalon
Diencephalon
Superior cerebellar peduncle
Postcentral gyrus
The corpus striatum is composed of three nuclear masses, which are the
Globus pallidus, caudate nucleus, and putamen
Putamen, caudate nucleus, and basal ganglia
Supramarginal gyrus, angular gyrus, and putamen
Substancia nigra, angular gyrus and globus pallidus
The structure that regulates body posture, equilibrium and coordinated fine motor movements is the
Angular gyrus
Corticospinal tract
Circle of willis
Cerebellum
The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the
Corpus callosum and basal ganglia
Corpus striatum
Caudate nucleus and globus pallidus
Lateral surface of the cortex
The laryngopharynx and the oropharynx add resonance to sounds produced by the larynx. The nasopharynx add noticeable resonance to which sounds?
k,g,t,d
r,l,y
f,sh,s
m,n,ng
These are composed of a ring of connective tissue and muscle extending from the tips of the arytenoid cartilages to the larynx. The separate the laryngeal vestibule from the pharynx and help preserve the airway
Ventricular folds
True vocal folds
Lamina propria
Aryepiglottic folds
The cranial nerve that innervates the larynx and also innervates the levator veil palatini, palatoglossus, and palatopharyngeus muscle is
Cranial nerve X, the vagus nerve
Cranial nerve V, the trigeminal nerve
Cranial nerve XI, the spinal accessory nerve
Cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve
Muscles that contribute to velopharyngeal closure through tensing or elevating the velum are the
Tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, and salpingopharyngeus
Stylopharyngeus, salpingopharyngeus, and levator veli palatini
Levator veli palatini, genioglossus, and salpingopharyngeus
Palatoglossus, tensor veli palatini, and levator velipalatini
The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that connects the tongue with the mandible is called the
Dorsum
Root
Blade
Lingual frenum
When a person is producing voiced and voiceless /th/, the muscle that is most involved is the
Palatopharyngeus
Stenocleidomastoid
Genioglossus
Styloglossus
Which muscles from the list below are the most involved adducting the vocal folds
Lateral cricoarytenoid and transverse arytenoid
Digastrics
Cricothyroid
Posterior cricoarytenoids
