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What structures are enclosed in the cranial cavity?
What structures are enclosed in the cranial cavity?
The brain and its covering meninges
How many pairs of cranial nerves does the brain give rise to?
How many pairs of cranial nerves does the brain give rise to?
12
What is the connective tissue between the bones of the skull called?
What is the connective tissue between the bones of the skull called?
Sutural ligament
Which bone is an exception in terms of being united to the skull by the Mobile temporomandibular joint?
Which bone is an exception in terms of being united to the skull by the Mobile temporomandibular joint?
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What is the upper part of the cranium called?
What is the upper part of the cranium called?
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Which nerves contribute to the formation of the cervical plexus?
Which nerves contribute to the formation of the cervical plexus?
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Where do the cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus emerge?
Where do the cutaneous branches of the cervical plexus emerge?
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Which nerve supplies the diaphragm with both sensory and motor innervation?
Which nerve supplies the diaphragm with both sensory and motor innervation?
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Which arteries pin the phrenic nerve to the anterior scalene muscle as it descends in the neck?
Which arteries pin the phrenic nerve to the anterior scalene muscle as it descends in the neck?
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Which muscles are supplied by several muscular branches of the cervical plexus?
Which muscles are supplied by several muscular branches of the cervical plexus?
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What is the composition of the cervical plexus?
What is the composition of the cervical plexus?
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Which major nerve arises from the anterior rami of cervical nerves C3 to C5 and supplies the diaphragm with both sensory and motor innervation?
Which major nerve arises from the anterior rami of cervical nerves C3 to C5 and supplies the diaphragm with both sensory and motor innervation?
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What are the two main types of branches of the cervical plexus?
What are the two main types of branches of the cervical plexus?
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Which muscles receive supply from several muscular branches of the cervical plexus?
Which muscles receive supply from several muscular branches of the cervical plexus?
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What structures do the muscular branches of the cervical plexus distribute to?
What structures do the muscular branches of the cervical plexus distribute to?
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