In a newborn infant, torticollis resulting from a tissue tumor most likely involves which of the following muscles?
A) sternocleidomastoid
B) trapezius
C) scalenus anterior
D) semispinalis cervicis
E) levator scapulae
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Question 2) In the following transverse CT scan through the neck, which is at a more inferior level than the scan shown in the previous question, the arrow points to the:
A) lobe of thyroid gland.
B) sternocleidomastoid.
C) sternohyoid.
D) longus colli.
E) internal jugular vein.
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Question 3) In the following transverse CT scan through the neck, the arrow points to the:
A) esophagus.
B) trachea.
C) thyroid gland.
D) body of the 6th cervical vertebrae.
E) spinal cord.
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Question 4) During radical neck surgery for cancer, the surgeon inadvertently cut the cervical branch of the facial nerve. Which of the following signs would not be observed in the patient?
A) sagging of the skin of the neck on the ipsilateral side
B) reduced ability to convey some facial expressions
C) reduced force in ability to open mandible against resistance
D) reduced sensation on the skin of the neck of the ipsilateral side
E) reduced skin tension overlying the superior aspects of the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles
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Question 5) Which of the following structures is not connected to the hyoid bone by a muscle?
A) styloid process of the temporal bone
B) mastoid process of the temporal bone
C) scapula
D) manubrium
E) body of mandible
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Question 6) The following photograph depicts a woman with a lesion in which cranial nerve?
A) III
B) IV
C) V
D) VI
E) VII
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Question 7) Following an automobile accident resulting in a cranial base fracture, a patient's tongue deviates to the right when protruded and he has moderate dysarthria. You suspect damage to the:
A) left hypoglossal nerve.
B) right hypoglossal nerve.
C) right glossopharyngeal nerve.
D) left glossopharyngeal nerve.
E) superior root of ansa cervicalis
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Question 8) Jugular foramen syndrome could cause all of the following signs except:
A) inability to protrude the tongue.
B) dysphagia.
C) dysphonia.
D) sagging of the soft palate.
E) deviation of the uvula to the unaffected side.
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Question 9) A complete lesion of the oculomotor nerve would produce all of the following signs except:
A) ptosis.
B) absence of pupillary light reflex.
C) pupillary constriction.
D) abducted and laterally directed eyeball.
E) absence of accommodation reflex.
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Question 10) The IXth cranial nerve provides all of the following except:
A) sensation from the tongue.
B) sensation from the pharynx.
C) most of the fibers of the greater petrosal nerve.
D) motor innervation to the stylopharyngeus.
E) autonomic innervation to the parotid gland.
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