Fascial Spaces

1. Fascial spaces are filled by:

A. Loose connective tissue

B. Elastic fibres

C. Loose adipose tissue

D. Dead space

2. The characteristic features of infection of masticator

space is:

A. Swelling

B. Draining pus intraorally

C. Trismus

D. High grade fever

3. The infections of masticator space do not enter

into neck because:

A. The fascia is tenaciously adherent to mylohyoid

line

B. The fascia is firmly adherent to periosteum of

lower border of mandible

C. Before it reaches the neck it follows path of

least resistance to open extraorally or intraorally

D. Masticator space is not continuous with

spaces in neck

4. The infection of masticator space can spread to

(except):

A. Temporal pouches

ronal for zygoma, nasoethmoid nasofrontal,

nasal bones, zygomatic arches and TMJ.

77 B. In maxillofacial injuries at times nasolacrimal duct

is severed or its opening is closed. Therefore tears

are not drained into inferior meatus via

nasolacrimal duct. These tears fall from lower

eyelids and condition is known as epiphora

78 C. Because the blood supply is minimal and bone

is highly dense. Therefore delayed union occurs

and if fixation is not proper non-union of

symphysis fracture results quite commonly.

79 C. The bone is fragile and elastic, transosseous

wiring results in tearing through bone.

Bone plating may injure developing tooth buds

with the screws.

Simple IMF cannot be done as teeth have not

fully erupted or are in the phase of shedding

therefore wires cannot be tightened around

these teeth.

80 C.

and Infections

B. Lateral pharyngeal space

C. Sublingual space

D. Submandibular space

5. Swellings of masticator space and lateral pharyngeal

space are similar. The distinctive difference

is that masticator space infection:

A. Is of dental origin

B. Is not pushed towards the midline

C. Is more diffuse and visible from outside

D. Has a tendency to spread to temporal

pouches

6. Incision and drainage of masticator space

should be attemped:

A. At region anterior to masseter muscle

B. Intraorally from buccal sulcus

C. Extraorally in subangular region

D. From pterygomandibular raphe

7. Infections from mandibular 1st molar would

travel to:

A. Submandibular space

B. Sublingual space

C. Masticator space

D. Digastric space