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What is the action of the Musculus verticalis when it contracts?
What is the action of the Musculus verticalis when it contracts?
- It shortens the tongue
- It moves the tongue backward
- It stretches the tongue
- It flattens the tongue (correct)
Which muscle divides the tongue body incompletely?
Which muscle divides the tongue body incompletely?
- Musculus styloglossus
- Musculus hyoglossus
- Musculus genioglossus
- Musculus transversus linguae (correct)
What is the origin of the Musculus hyoglossus?
What is the origin of the Musculus hyoglossus?
- The side edge of the tongue (correct)
- The styloid process
- The hyoid bone
- The mental spine of the mandible
Which muscle has fibers that run along the inferior surface of the tongue?
Which muscle has fibers that run along the inferior surface of the tongue?
What is the characteristic of the mucosa of the tongue's dorsum?
What is the characteristic of the mucosa of the tongue's dorsum?
Which muscle plate extends from the lesser horn of the hyoid bone to the tongue body?
Which muscle plate extends from the lesser horn of the hyoid bone to the tongue body?
What is the function of unilateral contraction of the tongue muscles?
What is the function of unilateral contraction of the tongue muscles?
Which artery is responsible for the arterial supply to the tongue?
Which artery is responsible for the arterial supply to the tongue?
What is the function of the vagus nerve (X) in relation to the tongue?
What is the function of the vagus nerve (X) in relation to the tongue?
Which nerve is responsible for the parasympathetic innervation of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?
Which nerve is responsible for the parasympathetic innervation of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue?
Which lymph nodes drain the tongue?
Which lymph nodes drain the tongue?
What is the primary function of the filiform papillae?
What is the primary function of the filiform papillae?
What is the venous drainage pathway of the tongue?
What is the venous drainage pathway of the tongue?
Where are the foliate papillae typically located?
Where are the foliate papillae typically located?
What is a characteristic of the fungiform papillae?
What is a characteristic of the fungiform papillae?
What is the function of the serous Ebner glands' duct openings?
What is the function of the serous Ebner glands' duct openings?
What is the structure of the filiform papillae?
What is the structure of the filiform papillae?
How many vallate papillae are typically found on the tongue?
How many vallate papillae are typically found on the tongue?
What is the primary source of parasympathetic innervation to the sublingual gland?
What is the primary source of parasympathetic innervation to the sublingual gland?
Which of the following nerves run adjacent to the sublingual gland?
Which of the following nerves run adjacent to the sublingual gland?
What is the name of the duct that opens together with the submandibular duct at the sublingual caruncle?
What is the name of the duct that opens together with the submandibular duct at the sublingual caruncle?
Which artery supplies blood to the sublingual gland?
Which artery supplies blood to the sublingual gland?
What is the name of the ganglion where the parasympathetic fibers are relayed?
What is the name of the ganglion where the parasympathetic fibers are relayed?
Which of the following veins drains the venous blood from the sublingual gland?
Which of the following veins drains the venous blood from the sublingual gland?
Where does the joint capsule originate dorsally?
Where does the joint capsule originate dorsally?
What is the function of the Lateral Ligament?
What is the function of the Lateral Ligament?
Where does the Sphenomandibular Ligament attach on the mandibular ramus?
Where does the Sphenomandibular Ligament attach on the mandibular ramus?
What is the role of the Pterygomandibular Raphe?
What is the role of the Pterygomandibular Raphe?
How can the discotemporal chamber function?
How can the discotemporal chamber function?
What is the direction of the longitudinal axes of the condyles?
What is the direction of the longitudinal axes of the condyles?
