Work book
How many bones compose the skull?
22
Insertion: First Rib
Anterior and middle scalene
Origin: TVP 3-6th (anterior)
Anterior scalene
What pulse can be felt medial to the SCM at the level of the hyoid bone?
Common carotid artery
What is located at the center of the occiput & is the superior attachment site for the ligamentum nuchae?
External occipital protuberance
Which structure could be detected by placing finger on base of mandible along masseter?
Facial artery
4 muscles which compose the suprahyoids?
Geniohyoid, mylohyoid, stylohyoid,Digastric
Where can you feel the pulse of the temporal artery?
In front of ear along zygomatic arch
Origin: TVP 2nd-7th (posterior tub)
Middle scalene
Insertion: 2nd rib
Posterior scalene
Origin: TVP 6th-7th (posterior tub)
Posterior scalene
The sternocleidomastoid, clavicle, and trapezius form what of the neck?
Posterior triangle
What direction should you give to located the suprahyoids?
Press tongue firmly on to roof of mouth
Insertion: mastoid process of the temporal bone & the lateral portion of superior nuchal line
SCM
Origin: top of manubrium and medial 1/3 clavicle
SCM
The anterior scalene lies partially deep to the laterally edge of which muscle?
SCM
Which muscles are located between the SCM and the anterior flap of the trapezius?
Scalenes
You might ask your partner to "breathe deeply into your upper chest" when palpating which muscle group?
Scalenes
To discern the posterior scalene from the Levator scapula, what action could you perform to contract the Levator scapula and not the scalenes?
Slowly elevate scapula
The space between the zygomatic arch and the cranium is filled by the?
Temporalis
The two heads of the sternocleidomastoid originate at the?
Top of manubrium & medial 1/3 of clavicle
The brachial plexus and subclavian artery pass through a small gap between which two muscles on the anterior, lateral neck?
anterior and middle scalenes
Which muscle originates at the mastoid process, loops through a tendinous sling at the hyoid bone, & inserts to the inferior border of the mandible?
digastric
What bone forms the forehead and upper rim of the eye sockets?
frontal bone
The thyroid gland is situated on the anterior surface of the trachea between which two structures?
jugular notch and cricoid cartilage
What two muscles attach from the anterior surface of the cervical vertebrae to Occiput & atlas?
longus capitis and longus colli
Which muscle is the strongest in the body relative to its size?
masseter
Which bony landmark is located directly behind the earlobe and serves as an attachment site for the sternocleidomastoid?
mastoid process
The galea aponeurotica forms the bridge between which two muscles?
occipitalis and frontalis
What is located at the posterior and inferior aspects of the cranium?
occiput
Which muscle runs from the hyoid bone to the superior border of the scapula and is mostly inaccessible?
omohyoid
To access the insertion of the Temporalis, you must ask your partner to perform what action?
open mouth to access coronoid process
What bones merge at the body's midline to form the sagittal suture?
parietal bones
Which muscle becomes visually distinct when your partner forms a creature from the black lagoon expression?
platysma
Which scalene is difficult to distinguish from surrounding muscle bellies?
posterior scalene
The frontalis is best seen and felt by asking your partner to do what action?
raise eyebrows
To create an even more visible contraction in the sternocleidomastoid (SCM), ask your partner to flex her neck after making what adjustment?
rotate head slightly to the opposite side
What three landmarks create the borders of the neck's anterior triangle?
sternocleidomastoid, base of the mandible, 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 cranial bones are connected by?
sutures, fibrous joints
The broad origin of which muscle attaches to the frontal, temporal, & parietal bones?
temporalis
