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?

Mylohyoid muscles Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the geniohyoid muscle?

Hypoglossal nerve Signup and view all the answers

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

Oropharyngeal isthmus Signup and view all the answers

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

Hard palate Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

Glossopharyngeal nerve Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

Musculus uvulae Signup and view all the answers

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

Facial nerve Signup and view all the answers

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

Palatine aponeurosis Signup and view all the answers

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

Geniohyoid muscle Signup and view all the answers

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

Hard palate Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

Glossopharyngeal nerve Signup and view all the answers

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

palatin apponerosis Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

muscle uvelu Signup and view all the answers

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

Vagus nerve Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for narrowing the oropharyngeal isthmus?

Palatoglossus muscle Signup and view all the answers

What provides sensory nerve supply to the soft palate?

Glossopharyngeal nerve Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle is responsible for elevating the pharynx during swallowing?

Palatopharyngeus muscle Signup and view all the answers

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

Hard palate Signup and view all the answers

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

Accessory nerve Signup and view all the answers

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

Palatine aponeurosis Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve supplies taste sensation to the soft palate?

Lesser palatine nerve Signup and view all the answers

Anatomy of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx

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

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

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

Which muscles form the floor of the oral cavity proper?

Which nerve supplies the geniohyoid muscle?

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

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

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

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

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

What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?

Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?

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

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

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

Which muscle is responsible for narrowing the oropharyngeal isthmus?

What provides sensory nerve supply to the soft palate?

Which muscle is responsible for elevating the pharynx during swallowing?

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

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

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

Which nerve supplies taste sensation to the soft palate?

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

Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?

Which nerve supplies sensory nerve to the hard palate?

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