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- A. Facial vein
- B. Retromandibular vein
- C. Posterior auricular
- D. Supratrochlear
Explanation: The facial vein is the largest superficial vein of the face and follows a relatively straight course from the medial angle of the eye to…
Correct answer: Facial vein- A. Superficial temporal
- B. Maxillary
- C. Facial
- D. Internal carotid artery
Explanation: The facial artery is the chief arterial supply of the face, crossing the lower border of the mandible just anterior to the masseter.
Correct answer: Facial- A. Common Facial Vein
- B. External Jugular Vein
- C. Sigmoid Sinus
- D. Superior Petrosal Sinus
Explanation: The internal jugular vein begins at the jugular foramen as a continuation of the sigmoid sinus.
Correct answer: Sigmoid Sinus- A. Ascending pharyngeal artery
- B. First part of the facial artery
- C. Pterygopalatine part of the maxillary artery
- D. Sphenopalatine theory
Explanation: The ascending palatine artery usually arises from the cervical part, or first part, of the facial artery and ascends beside the pharynx.
Correct answer: First part of the facial artery- A. Angle of mandible
- B. Neck of condyle
- C. Body of mandible
- D. Coronoid
Explanation: The maxillary artery begins behind the neck of the mandible as the terminal branch of the external carotid artery.
Correct answer: Neck of condyle- A. Lies deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle
- B. It drains into Internal Jugular vein
- C. It is formed by the union of the posterior auricular vein and posterior division of the retromandibular vein
- D. It pierces pre- tracheal layer of cervical fascia before termination
Explanation: The external jugular vein is formed by the posterior auricular vein joining the posterior division of the retromandibular vein, and it…
Correct answer: It is formed by the union of the posterior auricular vein and posterior division of the retromandibular vein- A. None
- B. One
- C. Two
- D. Four
Explanation: The internal carotid artery gives no branches in the neck; it enters the skull through the carotid canal before giving its intracranial…
Correct answer: None- A. Facial artery
- B. Ascending pharyngeal artery
- C. Occipital artery
- D. Lingual artery
Explanation: The ascending pharyngeal artery is classically the first and only medial branch of the external carotid artery.
Correct answer: Ascending pharyngeal artery- A. Infratemporal artery
- B. Deep temporal artery
- C. Maxillary artery
- D. Posterior superior alveolar artery
Explanation: The maxillary artery is the main arterial trunk of the infratemporal fossa and gives off branches such as the deep temporal and posterior…
Correct answer: Maxillary artery- A. Internal carotid artery
- B. External carotid artery
- C. Subclavian artery
- D. Maxillary artery
Explanation: The lingual artery arises from the external carotid artery between the superior thyroid and facial arteries.
Correct answer: External carotid artery- A. Internal carotid artery
- B. External carotid artery
- C. Superficial temporal
- D. Maxillary artery
Explanation: The facial artery is one of the anterior branches of the external carotid artery.
Correct answer: External carotid artery- A. Ascending pharyngeal
- B. Superior pharyngeal
- C. Maxillary
- D. None of the above
Explanation: The submandibular gland is supplied mainly by branches of the facial and lingual arteries, but neither is listed among the options.
Correct answer: None of the above- A. Subclavian artery
- B. Common carotid artery
- C. Inferior thyroid artery
- D. Vertebral artery
Explanation: The inferior thyroid artery approaches the lower thyroid region through the root of the neck, so its pulsation may be transmitted into the…
Correct answer: Inferior thyroid artery- A. Superior thyroid
- B. Lingual
- C. Internal maxillary
- D. Ascending pharyngeal
Explanation: The ascending pharyngeal artery is the only medial branch of the external carotid artery.
Correct answer: Ascending pharyngeal- A. Maxillary artery
- B. Sphenopalatine artery
- C. ICA
- D. ECA
Explanation: The ophthalmic artery arises from the intracranial part of the internal carotid artery just after it enters the orbit through the optic…
Correct answer: ICA- A. The branches of maxillary artery accompany the branches of maxillary nerve
- B. It is one of the terminal branches of ECA
- C. It passes deep between the two heads of lateral pterygoid muscle into the pterygo palatine fossa
- D. It is the arterial supply for mandible
Explanation: In the infratemporal fossa, the branches of the maxillary artery generally accompany branches of the mandibular nerve, not the maxillary…
Correct answer: The branches of maxillary artery accompany the branches of maxillary nerve- A. Opthalumic vein
- B. Internal jugular vein
- C. External jugular vein
- D. Pterygoid plexus
Explanation: The cavernous sinus communicates with the orbit through the ophthalmic veins and with the pterygoid plexus through emissary veins.
Correct answer: External jugular vein- A. Mandibular artery
- B. Maxillary artery
- C. Pterygomandibular plexus
- D. None of the above
Explanation: The inferior dental, more accurately called inferior alveolar, artery is a branch of the first part of the maxillary artery.
Correct answer: Maxillary artery- A. Brachycephaly
- B. oxycephaly
- C. Trigonocephaly
- D. Scaphocephaly
Explanation: Premature bilateral fusion of the coronal suture restricts anteroposterior skull growth and produces a short, broad skull called…
Correct answer: Brachycephaly- A. Hyoid bone
- B. Maxillary process
- C. Stapes
- D. Styloid process
Explanation: The first pharyngeal arch forms the maxillary and mandibular processes, along with muscles of mastication and the trigeminal nerve…
Correct answer: Maxillary process