Deck 1: Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

At what vertical level is the greatest medial displacement of the lateral pharyngeal walls during oral speech production?

A)Vocal folds
B)Epiglottis
C)Base of tongue
D)Hard palate
E)Upper esophageal sphincter

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What are the ridges that run horizontally on the palate called?

A)Faucial pillars
B)Medium Raphe
C)Rugae
D)Mucoperiosteum
E)Alveolar ridge

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the turbinates is the largest?

A)Superior turbinate
B)Anterior turbinate
C)Middle turbinate
D)Inferior turbinate
E)Lateral turbinate

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What separates the two plates of the palatine process of the maxilla?

A)Incisive suture lines
B)Median palatine suture
C)Transverse palatomaxillary suture lines
D)Nasal aspect of palatine suture
E)Incisive foramen

Question 5

What shelf-like ridge projects from the posterior pharyngeal wall during velopharyngeal closure?

A)Passavant's ridge
B)Pharyngeal plexus
C)Tensor veli palatini
D)Bulge of the musculus uvulae
E)Posterior nasal spine

Question 6

The philtrum runs between which two structures?

A)The nasal tip and the tubercle
B)The nasal tip and the columella
C)The columella and the tubercle
D)The columella and the upper lip
E)The cupid's bow and the tubercle

Question 7

Which of the following is not found in the velum?

A)Tensor tendon
B)Cartilage
C)Adipose tissue
D)Glandular tissue
E)Palatine aponeurosis

Question 8

The lateral pharyngeal walls move in which direction to contribute to velopharyngeal closure?

A)Medially
B)Laterally
C)Posteriorly
D)Anteriorly
E)Superiorly

Question 9

Where is the Passavant's ridge located?

A)Hard palate
B)Posterior pharyngeal wall
C)Nose
D)Tongue
E)Upper lip

Question 10

Which of the following is considered a pneumatic activity?

A)Swallowing
B)Sucking
C)Gagging
D)Vomiting
E)Chewing

Question 11

Which structure is a ridge that is caused by a projection of the cartilaginous portion of the Eustachian tube?

A)Torus tubarius
B)Alveolar ridge
C)Median palatine raphe
D)Torus palatinus
E)Passavant's ridge

Question 12

What structure supports the nasal tip?

A)Ala
B)Nasion
C)Nasal root
D)Nasal tip
E)Columella

Question 13

The velum rests against which structure while inactive?

A)Tip of the tongue
B)Base of the tongue
C)Dorsum of the tongue
D)Posterior pharyngeal wall
E)Adenoid pad

Question 14

Where are the palatine tonsils located?

A)Between the faucial pillars
B)Behind the choanae
C)Above the velum
D)In the nasopharynx
E)At the base of the tongue

Question 15

Which of the following types of phonemes are considered "pressure sensitive"?

A)Fricatives, nasals, glides
B)Fricatives, nasals, plosives
C)Glides, nasals, plosive
D)Plosives, fricatives, affricates
E)Alveolars, glides, nasals