Head & Neck Anatomy — Practice

Question 1

Arrange the three major structures traversing the parotid gland from most superficial to deepest.

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

A midline neck swelling that moves upward on protrusion of the tongue is most likely which lesion?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 3

Which structure passes THROUGH the cavernous sinus rather than lying within its lateral wall?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 4

A 30-year-old develops a woody, non-fluctuant bilateral swelling of the floor of the mouth with tongue elevation and stridor, five days after untreated caries of the lower third molar. What is the immediate priority?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 5

A patient has right-sided facial weakness with drooping of the mouth, but can wrinkle the forehead symmetrically. Where is the lesion?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 6

Forty-eight hours after total thyroidectomy a patient develops perioral tingling and carpopedal spasm. The operative note records that all four parathyroid glands were identified and left in situ. What is the most likely explanation?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 7

During thyroidectomy, at which point is the recurrent laryngeal nerve at greatest risk, and why?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 8

A patient with a deep neck infection develops descending necrotizing mediastinitis. Extension through which space best explains this?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

A young man squeezes a furuncle on his upper lip and three days later develops fever, proptosis, chemosis and painful ophthalmoplegia, which becomes bilateral over 24 hours. Which anatomical property makes this possible?

Accepted Answer

B

Practice — Head & Neck Anatomy

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