NPLEX Study Questions - Anatomy
What u-shaped bone lies at the level of C3 vertebrae - ANS - Hyoid bone
What bones make up the auditory ossicles - ANS - Malleus, Incus, Stapes
What bone forms the posterior portion of
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NPLEX Study Questions - Anatomy
What u-shaped bone lies at the level of C3 vertebrae - ANS - Hyoid bone
What bones make up the auditory ossicles - ANS - Malleus, Incus, Stapes
What bone forms the posterior portion of the hard palate - ANS - Palatine bones
What prominence on the mandible forms the prominence of the chin? - ANS - mental
protuberance
What nerve passes through the mandibular foramen - ANS - Inferior alveolar nerve
What bone forms the posterior part of the nasal septum - ANS - Vomer
What suture separates the frontal bone from parental bone - ANS - Coronal suture
What is the easily palpable, external occipital protuberance on the medial plane between the
inferior and superior nuchal lines of the occiput called? - ANS - The inion
What is contained within the intervertebral foramen? - ANS - Spinal nerve
intervertebral artery and veing
intervertebral lymphatic vessels
adipose tissue
peripheral nerve roots and meningeal sleeves
What vessels and nerves pass through the intervertebral foramen? - ANS - Spinal nerve
intervertebral artery and vein
intervertebral lymphatic vessels
What exits through the stylomastoid foramen? - ANS - Facial nerve (CN VII) and stylomastoid
artery
What passes through the mandibular foramen? - ANS - Inferior alveolar nerve, artery and vein
What passes through the mental foramen? - ANS - Mental nerve (branch of the mandibular
division (V3) of the trigeminal nerve) and artery
What passes throughout he foramen rotundum? - ANS - Maxillary nerve (V2 division of
trigeminal n.) and accessory meningeal artery
What passes through the supraorbital foramen? - ANS - Supraorbital nerve (branch of the
maxillary division (V2) of the trigeminal nerve)
What passes through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae? - ANS - Vertebral artery
and vein
The vertebral artery does NOT pass through the transverse foramina of which cervical vertebra?
- ANS - C7
What passes through the optic canal? - ANS - Optic Nerve (CN II) Opthalmic artery
Which CNs pass through the jugular foramen? - ANS - CN IX, X, XI
What structures pass throughout he foramen lace rum? - ANS - Internal carotid artery and
accompanying sympathetic and nervous plexuses
What structures pass through the superior orbital fissure? - ANS - CN III, IV, VI, opthlalmic
nerve (CN V1) and sympathetic fibers
What makes up a typical vertebra? - ANS - Vertebral body
2 pedicles
2 laminae
4 articular processes
2 transverse processes
1 spinous process
Which are the true/moveable vertebrae? - ANS - Cervical
Thoracics
Lumbar
What are false/fixed vertebrae? - ANS - Sacrum
coccyx
What forms the boundary for the intervertebral foramen? - ANS - Superior and inferior vertebral
notch
Where does head flexion take place? - ANS - Between atlas and occiput
Where does head rotation take place - ANS - Between Atlas and axis
What ligament spans the inside of the vertebral foramen on the posterior side? - ANS -
Ligamentum Flavum
Which of the cervical vertebrae are atypical? - ANS - C1, C2, C7
Which of the lumbar vertebrae are atypical? - ANS - L5
What makes up the primary curves of the tpine? - ANS - Thoracic curve
Pelvic (Sacrum/coccyx) curve
What type of curve is the lordotic curve? - ANS - Secondary
What type of curve is the kyphotic curve? - ANS - Primary
how may true ribs are there? - ANS - 7
What constitutes a true rib? - ANS - The first 7 ribs are attached to the sternum by their own
costal cartilage
Which ribs are called vertebrochondral ribs? - ANS - Ribs 8,9, 10
Which ribs are typical ribs - ANS - 3 and 9
What constitutes a typical rib? - ANS - they contain a head, tubercle, and shaft
Which is the most curved, broadest, and s
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