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What is the function of the tongue in relation to food?
What is the function of the tongue in relation to food?
- Only involved in mastication and gustation
- Involved in mastication, gustation, and deglutition (correct)
- Only involved in deglutition
- Involved in oral cleansing only
What is the function of the lingual papillae on the tongue?
What is the function of the lingual papillae on the tongue?
- To help in deglutition
- To house taste buds (correct)
- To facilitate mastication
- To aid in oral cleansing
What is the median groove/sulcus on the tongue?
What is the median groove/sulcus on the tongue?
- A dividing line that separates the tongue into right and left halves (correct)
- A dividing line between the anterior and posterior parts of the tongue
- A structure that attaches the tongue to the styloid process
- A characteristic of the root of the tongue
What is the part of the tongue that projects backward and has a small pit called the foramen cecum?
What is the part of the tongue that projects backward and has a small pit called the foramen cecum?
What attaches the tongue to the styloid process?
What attaches the tongue to the styloid process?
What is the part of the tongue that is inferior and relatively fixed?
What is the part of the tongue that is inferior and relatively fixed?
What is the primary function of the carotid sinus?
What is the primary function of the carotid sinus?
Which nerve is primarily responsible for innervating the carotid sinus?
Which nerve is primarily responsible for innervating the carotid sinus?
What is the name of the condition characterized by granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells, affecting the medium-sized arteries?
What is the name of the condition characterized by granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells, affecting the medium-sized arteries?
What is the name of the polygonal anastomosis between four arteries in the head?
What is the name of the polygonal anastomosis between four arteries in the head?
What percentage of the population has a complete Circle of Willis?
What percentage of the population has a complete Circle of Willis?
What is the origin of the internal thoracic artery?
What is the origin of the internal thoracic artery?
What is the origin of the left common carotid artery?
What is the origin of the left common carotid artery?
What is the primary function of the external carotid artery?
What is the primary function of the external carotid artery?
What is the branch of the subclavian artery that gives rise to the deep cervical artery and the superior intercostal artery?
What is the branch of the subclavian artery that gives rise to the deep cervical artery and the superior intercostal artery?
What is the termination point of the internal thoracic artery?
What is the termination point of the internal thoracic artery?
What is the condition caused by abnormal insertion of the anterior and middle scalene muscles and the cervical rib?
What is the condition caused by abnormal insertion of the anterior and middle scalene muscles and the cervical rib?
Where does the internal jugular vein begin?
Where does the internal jugular vein begin?
What is the triangular area bounded by the medial angles of the eyes and nose and the upper lip?
What is the triangular area bounded by the medial angles of the eyes and nose and the upper lip?
What is the function of the carotid body?
What is the function of the carotid body?
What is the name of the vein formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins?
What is the name of the vein formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins?
What is the name of the area where the central line is inserted?
What is the name of the area where the central line is inserted?
What is the name of the vein that joins the external jugular vein deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
What is the name of the vein that joins the external jugular vein deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
What is the large vein that receives blood from the brain, face, and neck?
What is the large vein that receives blood from the brain, face, and neck?
What is the main function of the central nervous system?
What is the main function of the central nervous system?
What is the term for the bundle of hundreds to thousands of axons plus associated connective tissue and blood vessels that lies outside the brain and spinal cord?
What is the term for the bundle of hundreds to thousands of axons plus associated connective tissue and blood vessels that lies outside the brain and spinal cord?
What is the term for the veins that allow communication of the cranial venous sinuses with veins outside the skull?
What is the term for the veins that allow communication of the cranial venous sinuses with veins outside the skull?
What is the term for the layers of the scalp that include the emissary veins?
What is the term for the layers of the scalp that include the emissary veins?
What is the function of the Cerebrum?
What is the function of the Cerebrum?
What is the space filled with the Cerebrospinal fluid?
What is the space filled with the Cerebrospinal fluid?
What is the name of the membrane that covers the Brain and is continuous through the Foramen magnum with the Dura Mater of the Spinal cord?
What is the name of the membrane that covers the Brain and is continuous through the Foramen magnum with the Dura Mater of the Spinal cord?
What is the name of the classification system used to describe the functional areas of the Cerebrum?
What is the name of the classification system used to describe the functional areas of the Cerebrum?
What is the term for the impairment of language function?
What is the term for the impairment of language function?
What is the term for the aggregations of Arachnoid villi?
What is the term for the aggregations of Arachnoid villi?
