Deck 1: Introduction to Head and Neck Anatomy

Question 1

What is another term for coronal plane?

A) Frontal plane
B) Coronal section
C) Horizontal plane
D) Horizontal section

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When a patient is in anatomic position, what is the surface of the palms of the hand considered?

A) Anterior
B) Lateral
C) Medial
D) Posterior

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the anatomic relationship of the right arm to the left leg?

A) Sagittal
B) Contralateral
C) Ipsilateral
D) Midsagittal

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The inner side of the wall of a hollow structure is referred to as internal. In contrast, the outer side of the wall of a hollow structure is external.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 5

What is the anatomic relationship of the shoulders to the hips?

A) Deep
B) Medial
C) Inferior
D) Superior

Question 6

Which of the following is meant by the term "ventral"?

A) Back of an area of the body
B) Front of an area of the body
C) Inner side of an area of the body
D) Outer side of an area of the body

Question 7

What is another term for a transverse section?

A) Vertical section
B) Horizontal section
C) Anterior section
D) Posterior section

Question 8

What is another term for midsagittal plane?

A) Median plane
B) Coronal plane
C) Frontal plane
D) Horizontal plane

Question 9

What is the anatomic relationship of the muscles to the skin?

A) Anterior
B) External
C) Deep
D) Superficial

Question 10

Structures on the same side of the body are considered ipsilateral. Structures on the opposite side of the body are considered contralateral.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 11

Which of the following describes a patient's eyes when they are in anatomic position?

A) Closed tightly
B) Looking toward the lateral
C) Looking toward the medial
D) Looking straight forward

Question 12

The median plane is created by an imaginary line dividing the body into equal right and left halves. On the surface of the body, these halves are NEVER symmetric in structure.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 13

What is the anatomic relationship of the maxillary arch to the mandibular arch?

A) Deep
B) Inferior
C) Superior
D) Superficial

Question 14

An area closer to the median plane of the body or structure is considered lateral. An area farther from the median plane of the body or structure is considered proximal.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 15

What is the anatomic relationship of the teeth located in the front of the mouth to the teeth located in the back of the mouth?

A) Anterior
B) Medial
C) Posterior
D) Superficial

Question 16

An area closer to the median plane is considered by anatomists to be distal, and an area farther from the median plane is considered proximal.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 17

Muscles may differ in size and details of their attachments. Joints, vessels, nerves, glands, lymph nodes, fasciae, and spaces of an individual can vary in size, location, and even presence.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 18

The number of bones and muscles in the head and neck is NOT usually constant and specific details of these structures can vary from patient to patient.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 19

Which surface of the body is visualized when performing an extraoral examination that includes the patient's eyes?

A) Anterior
B) Posterior
C) Superior
D) Lateral

Question 20

Which of the following is CORRECT concerning the sagittal plane of the body?

A) Parallel to the median plane
B) Parallel to the frontal plane
C) Parallel to the horizontal plane
D) Parallel to the coronal plane

Question 21

From the following list of terms, select which terms can be used to give information about the depth of a structure in relationship to the surface of the body.

A) Medial
B) Superficial
C) Deep
D) External
E) Internal

Question 22

A horizontal plane is created by an imaginary line dividing the body at any level into superior and inferior parts and is ALWAYS _______ to the median plane.

A) anterior
B) posterior
C) parallel
D) perpendicular

Question 23

The transverse section is a division through a _____ plane.

A) horizontal
B) frontal
C) sagittal
D) coronal

Question 24

From the following list of terms, select which terms relate to either an inner OR an outer side of a wall of a hollow organ.

A) Superficial
B) Deep
C) Internal
D) External

Question 25

From the following list of terms, select which terms relate to a structure being either on the same side of the body OR on the opposite side of the body.

A) Medial
B) Lateral
C) Ipsilateral
D) Contralateral

Question 26

The face is on the anterior side of the head, and the neck is superior and posterior to the face.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 27

The dental professional MUST have a thorough understanding of head and neck anatomy when performing patient examination procedures, both extraoral and intraoral. Certain terms can be used to give information about the depth of a structure in relationship to the surface of the body.

A) Both the statement and the reason are correct and related.
B) Both the statement and the reason are correct but NOT related.
C) The statement is correct, but the reason is NOT.
D) The statement is NOT correct, but the reason is correct.
E) NEITHER the statement NOR the reason is correct.

Question 28

From the following list of terms, select which terms DIRECTLY relate to the median plane of the body.

A) Medial
B) Lateral
C) Ipsilateral
D) Contralateral

Question 29

The ventral part is directed toward the anterior and is considered the opposite of the dorsal part when considering the entire body.

A) Both statements are true.
B) Both statements are false.
C) The first statement is true; the second is false.
D) The first statement is false; the second is true.

Question 30

From the following list of terms, select which terms are DIRECTLY associated with the planes that can be noted with the body.

A) Medial/Distal
B) Median/Sagittal
C) Frontal/Horizontal
D) Lateral/Proximal