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The Neck Practice Exam

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

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

a)

Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

b)

Anterior digastric and mylohyoid

c)

Omohyoid and thyrohyoid

d)

Posterior digastric and geniohyoid

2.

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

a)

Flexion and rotation of the neck

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Constriction of the pharynx and elevation of the soft palate

3.

What forms the Ansa cervicalis?

a)

Fibers from the spinal accessory nerve and vagus nerve

b)

Hypoglossal nerve and glossopharyngeal nerve

c)

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

d)

Cervical sympathetic trunk and phrenic nerve

4.

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

a)

Geniohyoid, digastric, thyrohyoid, and stylohyoid

b)

Sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, omohyoid

c)

Digastric and mylohyoid

d)

Cricothyroid and vocalis

5.

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

a)

Elevation of the hyoid

b)

Depression of the hyoid

c)

Retraction of the hyoid

d)

Rotation of the hyoid

6.

What muscles form and lie in the submandibular triangle?

a)

Omohyoid, sternohyoid, and thyrohyoid

b)

Masseter, buccinator, and orbicularis oris

c)

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

d)

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

7.

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

a)

Phrenic, recurrent laryngeal, and spinal accessory nerves

b)

Glossopharyngeal, auriculotemporal, and vagus nerves

c)

Hypoglossal, lingual, and mylohyoid nerves

d)

Infraorbital, mandibular, and superior laryngeal nerves

8.

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

a)

Superior thyroid and occipital artery

b)

Lingual and facial artery

c)

Vertebral and inferior thyroid artery

d)

Submental and maxillary artery

9.

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

a)

Posterior belly of digastric, thyroid cartilage, and epiglottis

b)

Upper larynx, pharyngeal constrictors, and sternothyroid

c)

Tongue, anterior digastric, and mylohyoid muscles

d)

Cricothyroid, arytenoid, and vocal folds

10.

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

a)

Superior thyroid, lingual, and facial

b)

Ascending pharyngeal and occipital

c)

There are none

d)

External carotid and vertebral branches

11.

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

a)

Maxillary, vertebral, and costocervical trunk

b)

Superior thyroid, lingual, facial, ascending pharyngeal, occipital, posterior auricular, maxillary, transverse facial, and superficial temporal artery

c)

Inferior thyroid, ascending cervical, superior thyroid, occipital, maxillary, vertebral, subclavian, facial, and internal thoracic

d)

Subclavian, axillary, and facial artery

12.

What two structures run with the common carotid artery in the neck?

a)

Phrenic nerve and thoracic duct

b)

External jugular vein and accessory nerve

c)

Internal jugular vein and vagus nerve

d)

Subclavian vein and cervical sympathetic trunk

13.

What are two motor and sensory nerves arising from the vagus nerve in the carotid triangle?

a)

Spinal accessory (motor) and lingual (sensory) nerves

b)

Recurrent laryngeal and external laryngeal (motor), internal laryngeal (sensory)

c)

Facial (sensory) and hypoglossal (motor) nerves

d)

Glossopharyngeal (motor) and auriculotemporal (sensory) nerves

14.

Which ligaments connect the thyroid and the cricoid cartilages?

a)

Thyrohyoid membrane and stylomandibular ligament

b)

Median and lateral cricothyroid ligaments

c)

Vocal and aryepiglottic ligaments

d)

Costocervical and thyrocervical ligaments

15.

Which muscle runs with the vocal ligament?

a)

Cricothyroid

b)

Sternothyroid

c)

Vocalis muscle

d)

Posterior cricoarytenoid

16.

Damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve would affect which intrinsic muscle of the larynx?

a)

Sternohyoid muscle

b)

Cricoarytenoid muscle

c)

Thyrohyoid muscle

d)

Stylopharyngeus muscle

17.

Would damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve have a greater effect on phonation than damage to the external laryngeal nerve? Why?

a)

No, because the external laryngeal nerve innervates the main vocal folds

b)

Yes, because the recurrent laryngeal nerve innervates all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx except cricothyroid

c)

No, both have the same effect on phonation

d)

Yes, because the external laryngeal nerve innervates the tongue and larynx

18.

What would be impaired in the larynx with damage to the internal laryngeal nerve?

a)

Motor control of the vocal cords

b)

Sensation of the larynx

c)

Blood supply to the vocal folds

d)

Movement of the arytenoid cartilages

19.

What are the main branches directly off the subclavian artery in the deep anterior neck?

a)

Superior thyroid, facial, and maxillary

b)

Lingual, occipital, facial, internal thoracic, and superficial temporal artery

c)

Costocervical trunk, internal thoracic, thyrocervical trunk, and vertebral artery

d)

Common carotid, external carotid, and internal carotid

20.

Occlusion of the thyrocervical trunk would affect which arteries?

a)

Superior thyroid, lingual, and ascending pharyngeal

b)

Inferior thyroid, ascending cervical, transverse cervical, and suprascapular

c)

Maxillary, superior thyroid, inferior thyroid, superficial temporal, and facial

d)

Vertebral, internal thoracic, and costocervical trunk

21.

What two muscles in the deep neck flex the head?

a)

Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius

b)

Longus capitis and rectus capitis

c)

Omohyoid and geniohyoid

d)

Splenius capitis and semispinalis

22.

What muscle group flexes the neck?

a)

Scalene muscles

b)

Sternocleidomastoid group

c)

Longus colli group

d)

Levator scapulae group

23.

What movements might tear these flexors of the head and neck?

a)

Excessive lateral bending

b)

Sudden forward flexion

c)

Excessive backward extension

d)

Vertical compression