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Which muscle is responsible for elevating the hyoid bone or depressing the mandible?
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?
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?
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?
Which muscles form the floor of the oral cavity proper?
Which nerve supplies the geniohyoid muscle?
Which nerve supplies the geniohyoid muscle?
What is bounded superiorly by the soft palate and inferiorly by the tongue?
What is bounded superiorly by the soft palate and inferiorly by the tongue?
What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?
Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?
Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?
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 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?
What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?
Which muscle is responsible for elevating the hyoid bone or depressing the mandible?
Which muscle is responsible for elevating the hyoid bone or depressing the mandible?
What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?
Which nerve supplies the sensory nerve to the soft palate?
What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?
What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?
Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?
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 nerve supplies the motor nerve to most of the muscles of the soft palate?
Which muscle is responsible for narrowing the oropharyngeal isthmus?
Which muscle is responsible for narrowing the oropharyngeal isthmus?
What provides sensory nerve supply to the soft palate?
What provides sensory nerve supply to the soft palate?
Which muscle is responsible for elevating the pharynx during swallowing?
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?
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?
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?
What is the expanded tendon of the tensor palati muscle called?
Which nerve supplies taste sensation to the soft palate?
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 depressing the palate and moving the palatopharyngeal arches towards the midline?
Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?
Which muscle is responsible for retracting and elevating the uvula?
Which nerve supplies sensory nerve to the hard palate?
Which nerve supplies sensory nerve to the hard palate?
