Anatomy of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx

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Which muscle is responsible for elevating the hyoid bone or depressing the mandible?

  • Digastric muscle
  • Mylohyoid muscle
  • Geniohyoid muscle (correct)
  • Stylohyoid muscle

What forms the arched roof of the mouth and the floor of the nasal cavity?

  • Hard palate (correct)
  • Soft palate
  • Digastric muscle
  • Mylohyoid muscle

What is the opening between the oral cavity and oropharynx called?

  • Palatoglossal arches
  • Oral fissure
  • Oropharyngeal isthmus (correct)
  • Vestibule of mouth

Which muscles form the floor of the oral cavity proper?

<p>Mylohyoid muscles (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the geniohyoid muscle?

<p>Hypoglossal nerve (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is bounded superiorly by the soft palate and inferiorly by the tongue?

<p>Oropharyngeal isthmus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

<p>Hard palate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

<p>Glossopharyngeal nerve (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

<p>Musculus uvulae (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the motor nerve to most of the muscles of the soft palate?

<p>Facial nerve (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?

<p>Palatine aponeurosis (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for elevating the hyoid bone or depressing the mandible?

<p>Geniohyoid muscle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

<p>Hard palate (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

<p>Glossopharyngeal nerve (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?

<p>palatin apponerosis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

<p>muscle uvelu (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the motor nerve to most of the muscles of the soft palate?

<p>Vagus nerve (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for narrowing the oropharyngeal isthmus?

<p>Palatoglossus muscle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What provides sensory nerve supply to the soft palate?

<p>Glossopharyngeal nerve (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for elevating the pharynx during swallowing?

<p>Palatopharyngeus muscle (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What forms the arched roof of the mouth and the floor of the nasal cavity?

<p>Hard palate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies motor nerve to all the muscles except the tensor palati muscle?

<p>Accessory nerve (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?

<p>Palatine aponeurosis (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies taste sensation to the soft palate?

<p>Lesser palatine nerve (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for depressing the palate and moving the palatopharyngeal arches towards the midline?

<p>Palatopharyngeus muscle (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

<p>Musculus uvulae (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies sensory nerve to the hard palate?

<p>Greater palatine nerve (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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