Head, neck, face

How many bones compose the skull?

22

The brachial plexus and subclavian artery pass through a small gap between two muscles on the anterior, lateral neck?

Anterior scalene and middle scalene

Which bony landmark is located directly behind the earlobe and serves as an attachment site for the sternocleidomastoid?

Mastoid process

To access the insertion of the temporals, you must as your partner to perform what action?

Open your mouth (jaw) to access coronoid process

Which scalene is difficult to distinguish from surrounding muscle bellies?

Posterior

To create an even more visible contraction in the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), ask your partner to flex her neck after making the adjustment?

Rotate slightly to opposite side

Which muscles are located between SCM and the anterior flat of the trapezius?

Scalenes

The anterior scalene lies partially deep to the lateral edge of which muscle?

Sternocleidomastoid

What three landmarks create the borders of the neck's anterior triangle?

Sternocleidomastoid, base of the mandible, and trachea

Which bony landmark is located on the underside of the mandible and acts as an attachment site for the suprahyoid muscles?

Submandibular fossa

While palpating the mandible, in which area should one use extra sensitivity?

Submandibular fossa

Which bony landmark of the occiput serves as an attachment site for several neck muscles?

Superior nuchal line

The broad origin of which muscle attaches to the frontal, temporal and parietal bones?

Temporalis

To discern the posterior scalene from the levator scapula, what action could you ask your partner to perform that would contract the levator but not the scalene?

elevate scapula

Located at the center if the occiput, the __________ ___________ _____________ the superior attachment site for the ligaments nuchae

external occipital protuberance

The cranial bones are connected by _____________ joints which form tight fitting sutures.

fibrous

The ___________ bone forms the forehead and upper rim of the eye sockets.

frontal

Passive protraction of the mandible would ______ the temporalis.

lengthen

Passive rotation of the head and neck to the same side would ___________ the sternocleidomastoid.

lengthen

The ______________ is the strongest muscle in the body relative to its size.

masseter

The _____________ is located at the posterior and inferior aspects of the cranium.

occiput

The ____________ bones merge at the body's midline to form the sagittal suture.

parietal

The sternocleidomastoid, clavicle and trapezius from the ___________ ______________ of the neck.

posterior triangle

You might ask your partner to "breathe deeply into your upper chest" when palpating which muscle group?

scalenes

Passive elevation of the mandible would ______ the masseter.

shorten

Passive flexion of the head and neck would _______________ the anterior scalene.

shorten

Passive lateral flexion of the head and neck to the same side would ____________ the sternocleidomastoid and scalenes.

shorten

Passive rotation of the head and neck to the opposite side would ___________ the scalenes.

shorten

The space between the zygomatic arch and the cranium is filled by the _______ muscle.

temporalis

The two heads of the sternocleidomastoid originate at the ______ ________ _______________ and the __________ _____ _____ __________

top of the manubrium and medial 1-3 clavicle