Deck 11: Head and Neck Structures

Question 1

Where is the tonsillar tissue located in the oral cavity?

A) Epithelium
B) Lamina propria
C) Basement membrane
D) Submucosa

Answer 1

Lamina propria

Question 2

Which of the following ducts are connected to the intercalated ducts in the lobules of the salivary gland?

A) Intercalated
B) Striated
C) Excretory
D) Both the intercalated and striated ducts

Answer 2

Striated

Question 3

Which of the following salivary glands is unencapsulated?

A) Submandibular gland
B) Parotid gland
C) Sublingual gland
D) Both parotid and sublingual glands

Answer 3

Sublingual gland

Question 4

Which of the following ducts are associated with the terminal part of the salivary gland?

A) Intercalated
B) Striated
C) Excretory
D) Both the intercalated and striated ducts

Question 5

Which of the following salivary glands are associated with the circumvallate lingual papillae and secrete only serous saliva?

A) von Ebner
B) Sublingual
C) Submandibular
D) Bartholin

Question 6

Which of the following paranasal sinuses may be compromised with a periapical infection in a permanent maxillary molar?

A) Maxillary sinus
B) Frontal sinus
C) Sphenoidal sinus
D) Ethmoidal sinuses

Question 7

The connective tissue capsule surrounding the salivary gland is continuous with the connective tissue septa that run between the epithelial components,creating:

A) nodes and nodules.
B) ducts and acinus.
C) lobes and lobules.
D) channels and ducts.

Question 8

When the pharyngeal tonsils become enlarged as is common in children,they are considered the:

A) lymphatic nodules.
B) follicles.
C) germinal centers.
D) adenoids.

Question 9

In a lymph node,the B-cell lymphocytes mature within the:

A) hilus.
B) capsule.
C) lymph vessel.
D) germinal center.

Question 10

Which of the following ducts are located in the septum of the salivary gland?

A) Intercalated
B) Striated
C) Excretory
D) Both the intercalated and striated ducts

Question 11

Where is the lingual tonsil located in the oral cavity?

A) Dorsal tongue surface
B) Lateral tongue surface
C) Walls of the nasopharynx
D) Between the faucial pillars

Question 12

In salivary glands,which of the following structures is composed of secretory epithelial cells?

A) Acinus
B) Capsule
C) Lobule
D) Excretory duct

Question 13

The palatine tonsils are two rounded masses of variable size located between the:

A) lymph nodes.
B) parathyroid glands.
C) faucial pillars.
D) base and body of the tongue.

Question 14

Which of the following salivary ducts have narrow cytoplasmic partitions separated by highly infolded and interdigitated cell membranes?

A) Intercalated
B) Striated
C) Excretory
D) Both the intercalated and striated ducts

Question 15

Lymph from a particular tissue region drains directly into the:

A) primary nodes.
B) secondary nodes.
C) central nodes.
D) lymphatic nodules.

Question 16

Which of the following can never be palpated during an extraoral examination of a patient?

A) Thyroid gland
B) Lymph nodes
C) Parathyroid glands
D) Parotid gland

Question 17

The reduction in the amount of glandular secretion noted in patients with xerostomia is called:

A) dysplasia.
B) hyposalivation.
C) cystic transformation.
D) ossification.

Question 18

Which of the following marks the periodontopathogens for destruction by white blood cells?

A) Basal striations
B) Cross-reactive protein
C) Myoepithelial cell
D) Thyroxine

Question 19

Which of the following statements concerning salivary glands is false?

A) Saliva supplies the minerals for subgingival calculus formation.
B) Mucoserous acini have both a group of mucous cells surrounding the lumen and a serous demilune.
C) Saliva supplies the minerals for supragingival calculus formation.
D) More than one myoepithelial cell can be found on a single acinus.

Question 20

The foramen cecum of the tongue is a:

A) groove pointing toward the pharynx.
B) median line demarcating the fusion of the tongue.
C) depression at the apex of the sulcus terminalis.
D) collection of diffuse tonsillar tissue.

Question 21

Which of the following is not a paranasal sinus?

A) Frontal
B) Sphenoidal
C) Ethmoidal
D) Mandibular

Question 22

From what structure does the lymph flow into the lymph node?

A) Afferent vessel
B) Hilus
C) Efferent vessel
D) Lymphatic nodule

Question 23

What type of mucosa lines the paranasal sinuses?

A) Squamous
B) Pseudostratified
C) Submucosa
D) Nonciliated

Question 24

What is the depression on the side of a lymph node termed?

A) Afferent vessel
B) Hilus
C) Efferent vessel
D) Lymphatic nodule

Question 25

From what structure does the lymph flow out of the lymph node?

A) Afferent vessel
B) Hilus
C) Efferent vessel
D) Lymphatic nodule