Deck 10: Fascial Spaces and the Spread of Infection

Question 1

What space connects the fascial spaces of the mouth with the fascial spaces of the neck?

Answer 1

Lateral pharyngeal space

Question 2

What space in the neck contains infection that affects breathing?

Answer 2

Retropharyngeal space, danger space #3

Question 3

What space is located between the alar and buccopharyngeal fasciae?

Answer 3

Retropharyngeal space, danger space #3

Question 4

What layer of the pharyngeal wall can be observed as the floor of the semilunar space?

Question 5

What structure partially separates the sublingual and submandibular fascial spaces?

Question 6

What muscle determines the drainage pattern from a tooth infection?

Question 7

What are the two layers of skin?

Question 8

What two muscles are surrounded by the investing fascia?

Question 9

Which muscles are surrounded by the middle layer of deep fascia (muscle fascia) in the neck?

Question 10

Which viscera are surrounded by pretracheal fascia of the neck?

Question 11

What name is given to the pretracheal fascia that covers the pharynx?

Question 12

How can infection from the floor of the mouth spread into spaces posterior and lateral to the mylohyoid muscle?

Question 13

Which fascial space is located between the alar fascia and the prevertebral fascia?

Question 14

The lateral boundary of the submental fascial space is the __________.

Question 15

The ____________________ muscle divides the floor of the mouth into three fascial spaces.

Question 16

A fibrous sheath of connective tissue surrounding organs, muscles, and neurovascular structures is known as ____________________.

Question 17

The ____________________ fascia forms the anterior half of the visceral sheath that covers the larynx and thyroid gland.

Question 18

The neck is subdivided into a series of tubes by ____________________ fascia.

Question 19

An infection from the roots of the second and third molar teeth would most likely spread directly into the ____________________ space.

Question 20

The ____________________ space is located between the vertebral column and the visceral compartment of the neck.

Question 21

The lateral boundary of the submental space is formed by the

A) mandible.
B) hyoid bone.
C) mylohyoid muscle.
D) digastric muscles.
E) submandibular gland.

Question 22

What type of fascia is found in the potential space between the vertebral column and the pharynx?

A) Carotid sheath
B) Pretracheal fascia
C) Investing fascia
D) Buccopharyngeal fascia
E) Alar fascia

Question 23

The investing fascia of the neck

A) surrounds the platysma muscle.
B) forms the floor of the submental triangle.
C) is the anterior boundary of danger space #4.
D) extends onto the face as the parotid fascia.
E) is formed by superficial fascia.

Question 24

Which of the following pairs of fascial spaces do not communicate with each other directly?

A) Submental-sublingual
B) Lateral pharyngeal-retropharyngeal space
C) Submandibular-submental
D) Lateral pharyngeal-sublingual
E) Submandibular-lateral pharyngeal

Question 25

What structure forms the lateral boundary of the retropharyngeal space?

A) Pretracheal fascia
B) Pharyngobasilar fascia
C) Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle
D) Carotid sheath
E) Levator veli palatini muscle

Question 26

The superficial layer of deep fascia is known as

A) muscle fascia.
B) visceral fascia.
C) investing fascia.
D) prevertebral fascia.
E) buccopharyngeal fascia.

Question 27

Which of the following types of fascia is derived from prevertebral fascia?

A) Alar fascia
B) Pretracheal fascia
C) Buccopharyngeal fascia
D) Superficial fascia
E) Carotid sheath

Question 28

Pus from an infection in the right mandibular canine tooth would most likely drain directly into which of the following fascial spaces?

A) Submental space
B) Retrovisceral space
C) Submandibular space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Sublingual space

Question 29

An infection in the mandibular central incisors would most likely drain into the

A) submental space.
B) retrovisceral space.
C) submandibular space.
D) lateral pharyngeal space.
E) sublingual space.

Question 30

The lateral border of the retrovisceral space is the

A) root of the neck.
B) carotid sheath.
C) prevertebral fascia.
D) base of the skull.
E) buccopharyngeal fascia.

Question 31

The posterior border of the retrovisceral space is the

A) root of the neck.
B) carotid sheath.
C) prevertebral fascia.
D) base of the skull.
E) buccopharyngeal fascia.

Question 32

The anterior border of the retrovisceral space is the

A) root of the neck.
B) carotid sheath.
C) prevertebral fascia.
D) base of the skull.
E) buccopharyngeal fascia.

Question 33

The middle layer of deep fascia includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A) Prevertebral fascia
B) Visceral fascia
C) Investing fascia
D) Muscular fascia
E) Buccopharyngeal fascia

Question 34

Which of the following structures are posterior attachments of the investing fascia? (Select all that apply.)

A) Mastoid process
B) External occipital protuberance
C) Body of the mandible
D) Spinous processes of cervical vertebrae
E) Acromion of the scapula

Question 35

The inferior attachments of the investing fascia include the (select all that apply)

A) clavicle.
B) hyoid bone.
C) mandible.
D) manubrium.
E) spine of the scapula.

Question 36

Which triangle(s) of the neck superior to the hyoid bone are covered by investing fascia? (Select all that apply.)

A) Occipital
B) Carotid
C) Submandibular
D) Muscular
E) Submental

Question 37

Structures found within the carotid sheath include the (select all that apply)

A) vagus nerves.
B) internal jugular veins.
C) external carotid arteries.
D) deep cervical lymph nodes.
E) common carotid arteries.

Question 38

Which of the following structures represent a border of the sublingual space? (Select all that apply.)

A) Mylohyoid muscle
B) Anterior belly of the digastric muscle
C) Investing fascia
D) Inferior border of the mandible
E) Mucosa of the floor of the mouth

Question 39

The submandibular space is bordered by the (select all that apply)

A) mylohyoid muscle.
B) anterior belly of the digastric muscle.
C) investing fascia.
D) inferior border of the mandible.
E) mucosa of the floor of the mouth.

Question 40

What structures form the boundaries of the submental space? (Select all that apply.)

A) Mylohyoid muscle
B) Anterior belly of the digastric muscle
C) Investing fascia
D) Inferior border of the mandible
E) Hyoid bone

Question 41

Boundaries of the lateral pharyngeal space include the (select all that apply)

A) lateral pterygoid muscle.
B) medial pterygoid muscle.
C) pharyngeal wall.
D) prevertebral fascia.
E) buccopharyngeal fascia.

Question 42

Which of the following fascial spaces has the mylohyoid muscle as one of its boundaries? (Select all that apply.)

A) Submental space
B) Retropharyngeal space
C) Submandibular space
D) Sublingual space
E) Lateral pharyngeal space

Question 43

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Submandibular lymph nodes

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 44

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Carotid sheath

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 45

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Lingual artery

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 46

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Hypoglossal nerve

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 47

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Facial vein

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 48

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Styloid process

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 49

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Facial artery

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 50

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Lingual nerve

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space

Question 51

Match the structures with their proper locations. Answers may be used once, more than once, or not at all.

-Submandibular duct

A) Sublingual space
B) Submandibular space
C) Submental space
D) Lateral pharyngeal space
E) Retrovisceral space