Orofacial Anatomy II Final Exam Review Orofacial Anatomy II Final Exam Review 2026-03-10
Orofacial Anatomy II Final Exam Review
Which teeth do not drain into the submandibular lymph nodes?
Mandibular incisors & maxillary 3rd molars
Where are the palatine tonsils located, between what tissues?
Round masses between the anterior fauce (formed by palatoglossus
muscle) & posterior fauce (formed by palatopharygeus muscle) on each
side
- Describe healthy lymph nodes?
- Can you see all of them on an extraoral exam?
- Usually small, soft, free or mobile in the surrounding tissue
- Cannot be visualized or felt when palpating their usual location during
an extra oral examination of the head & neck
- Afferent vessel goes from where to where?
- Efferent vessel goes from where to where?
- In which direction in lymph nodes
- Afferent Vessel: Lymphatic vessel with lymph flowing into lymph node
- Efferent Vessel: Lymphatic vessel with lymph flowing out of the lymph
node from the nodes hilius
Lymphatic vessels have ___-___ ______ similar to _____. Which allow for
one-way flow
- One way valves
- Veins
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Where is the thymus gland located?
- In the thorax (chest) & the anterior region of the base of the neck,
inferior to the thyroid gland
- The gland is also superficial & lateral to the trachea & deep to the
sternum & origins of the sternohyoid & sternothyroid muscles
- Where are your posterior auricular, anterior auricular & superficial
parotid nodes
- Where do all of these nodes empty into?
Posterior Auricular Lymph Nodes: Located posterior to each auricle &
the external acoustic meatus, where the sternocleidomastoid muscle
inserts on the mastoid process
Anterior Auricular Lymph Nodes: Located immediately anterior to each
tragus
Superficial Parotid Lymph Nodes: Superficial to each parotid salivary
gland
All of these nodes empty into the deep cervical nodes
Which is bigger the thoracic duct or the right lymphatic duct?
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Orofacial Anatomy II Final Exam Review
Which teeth do not drain into the submandibular lymph nodes?
Mandibular incisors & maxillary 3rd molars
Where are the palatine tonsils located, between what tissues?
Round masses between the anterior fauce (formed by palatoglossus
muscle) & posterior fauce (formed by palatopharygeus muscle) on each
side
- Describe healthy lymph nodes?
- Can you see all of them on an extraoral exam?
- Usually small, soft, free or mobile in the surrounding tissue
- Cannot be visualized or felt when palpating their usual location during
an extra oral examination of the head & neck
- Afferent vessel goes from where to where?
- Efferent vessel goes from where to where?
- In which direction in lymph nodes
- Afferent Vessel: Lymphatic vessel with lymph flowing into lymph node
- Efferent Vessel: Lymphatic vessel with lymph flowing out of the lymph
node from the nodes hilius
Lymphatic vessels have ___-___ ______ similar to _____. Which allow for
one-way flow
- One way valves
- Veins
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Orofacial Anatomy II Final Exam Review
Where is the thymus gland located?
- In the thorax (chest) & the anterior region of the base of the neck,
inferior to the thyroid gland
- The gland is also superficial & lateral to the trachea & deep to the
sternum & origins of the sternohyoid & sternothyroid muscles
- Where are your posterior auricular, anterior auricular & superficial
parotid nodes
- Where do all of these nodes empty into?
Posterior Auricular Lymph Nodes: Located posterior to each auricle &
the external acoustic meatus, where the sternocleidomastoid muscle
inserts on the mastoid process
Anterior Auricular Lymph Nodes: Located immediately anterior to each
tragus
Superficial Parotid Lymph Nodes: Superficial to each parotid salivary
gland
All of these nodes empty into the deep cervical nodes
Which is bigger the thoracic duct or the right lymphatic duct?
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