general anatomy Mcqs
51. Motor supply of infrahyoid muscle is______________?
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A. Branches of cervical plexus

B. Glossopharyngeal nerve

C. Mandibular nerve

D. Vagus nerve

52. If the seventh nerve is damaged on the right side of the face______________?
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A. sympathetic fibre to salivary gland would be interrupted

B. the muscles of mastication would be denervated

C. the muscles of facial expression would be denervated

D. taste from the right anterior two thirds of the tongue would not be affected

53. The innervation of the tensor tympani muscle is_____________?
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A. Facial

B. Vagus

C. Mandibular

D. Maxillary

54. All the following nerves are related to the mandible except_____________?
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A. Chorda tympani

B. Lingual nerve

C. Mental nerve

D. Auriculotemporal nerve

55. The terminal branches of the external carotid artery are______________?
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A. Superficial temporal and transverse facial

B. Transverse facial and maxillary

C. Superficial temporal and maxillary

D. Posterior auricular and maxillary

56. Glossopharyngeal nerve supplies posterior part of tongue because it develops from_____________?
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A. Mandibular arch

B. Hyoid arch

C. Tubercuum impar

D. Hypobranchial eminence
57. Anterior ethmoidal nerve supplies all except______________?
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A. Inferior of nasal cavity

B. Maxillary sinus

C. Ethmoidal air cells

D. Dural sheath of anterior cranial fossa

58. Middle thyroid vein drains into _______ vein?
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A. External jugular

B. Brachio cephalic

C. Anterior jugular

D. Internal jugular
59. All the following are true about upper eyelid EXCEPT______________?
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A. Blood supply is by the lacrimal and ophthalmic arteries

B. Muscles which close the eyelid are supplied by the facial nerve

C. Muscles which open the eyelid are supplied by the branch of trigeminal nerve

D. Sensory supply is by the 5th cranial nerve

60. Recurrent laryngeal nerve has close relation to______________?
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A. Superior thyroid artery

B. Inferior thyroid artery

C. Inferior parathyroid

D. Middle thyroid vein

61. The psterior belly of the digastric muscle is supplied by the_______________?
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A. Vagus nerve

B. Inferior alveolar nerve

C. Facial nerve

D. Mylohyoid nerve

62. All the following muscles are innervated by the facial nerve except_____________?
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A. Risorius

B. Procerus

C. Occipito frontalis

D. Anterior belly of digastric
63. The artery , which runs along , the lower border of posterior belly of digastric is_______________?
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A. Palatine

B. Ascending pharyngeal

C. Occipital

D. Lingual

64. Anterior spinal artery is a branch of____________?
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A. Basilar artery

B. Vertebral artery

C. Internal carotid artery

D. Labyrinthine artery

65. The branch of facial nerve that conveys the secretomotor impulse involved in lacrimation is_____________?
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A. Greater petrosal nerve

B. Chorda tympani nerve

C. Lesser petrosal nerve

D. Deep peterosal nerve

66. All are branches of the posterior division of the mandibular nerve except ________________?
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A. Deep temporal nerve

B. Lingual nerve

C. Mylohyoid nerve

D. Inferior alveolar nerve

67. All of the following muscles are supplied by the mandibular nerve except_______________?
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A. Masseter

B. Medial pterygoid

C. Anterior belly of digastric

D. Buccinator
68. Masseteric nerve is a branch of_______________?
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A. Moor branch of the facial nerve

B. Long buccal nerve

C. Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve

D. Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve

69. All of the following carry proprioception from head and neck except______________?
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A. Facial nerve

B. Cranial accessory nerve

C. Trigeminal nerve

D. Glossopharyngeal nerve

70. Internal thoracic veins are tributaries of the______________?
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A. Subclavian

B. Brachiocephalic

C. Azygos

D. Internal jugular

71. Facial artery arises at the level of________________?
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A. Below hyoid bone

B. aboe hyoid bone

C. Above Styloid process

D. Hyoid bone

72. The largest ganglion in the neck is___________?
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A. Superior ganglion

B. Middle ganglion

C. Stellate ganglion

D. Second thoracic ganglion

73. Which of the following does not pass through cavernous sinus ?
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A. Medial cerebral artery

B. Traochlear nerve

C. Trigeminal nerve

D. Occulomotor ( III) nerve

74. The nerve that emerges from the two superficial heads of lateral pterygoid muscle is______________?
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A. Buccale nerve

B. Massetric nerve

C. Nerve to pterygoid muscle

D. Inferior alveolar nerve

75. Skin over the prominence of the cheek is supplied by _______________?
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A. Infra trochlear

B. Zygomaticofacial

C. Auriculotemporal

D. Zygmoaticotemporal

76. The middle meningeal artery____________?
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A. Gives an interior branch which runs deep to the pterion

B. Supplies the superolateral surface of the ipislateral cerebral hemisphere

C. Enters the skull through the foramen ovale

D. Runs a subdural course within the cranial cavity

77. Where is cillary ganglion located in the orbit______________?
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A. Apex of orbit

B. Apex of orbit between optic nerve & lateral recuts

C. Apex of orbit & superior recuts

D. Between otpic nerve and lateral recuts

78. Which is not a branch of cavernous part of internal carotid artery ?
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A. Meningeal artery

B. Ophthalmic artery

C. Cavernous branch

D. Inferior hypophyseal

79. All of the following supply TMJ except_____________?
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A. External carotid artery

B. Transverse facial artery

C. Branches supplying lateral pterygoid

D. Internal Maxillary artery

80. The maxillary nerve exits the cranium through which foramen ______________?
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A. Rotundum

B. Ovale

C. Inferior orbital fissure

D. Stylomastoid

81. Danger area of face is called because of connection of facial veins to cavernous sinus through______________?
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A. Superior ophthalmic vein

B. Transverse facial vein

C. Ethmoidal vein

D. Maxillary vein

82. Littles area constitutes______________?
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A. Anastomeses between two branches of maxillary artery

B. Anastomeses between two branches of facial artery

C. Anastamosis between branch of maxillary artery and the branch of bacial artery

D. None of the above

83. Ophthalmic artery is a branch of _________ part of internal carotid artery ?
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A. Intrapetrous

B. Extra cranial

C. Inracerebral

D. Intracavernous

84. The arterial supply of trachea is by the____________?
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A. Bronchial artery

B. Inferior thyroid artery

C. Superior thyroid artery

D. Tracheal artery

85. All of the following muscles are supplied by the facial nerve except_______________?
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A. Buccinator

B. Occipitofrontalis

C. Anterior belly of digastric

D. Stapedius

86. In right facial nerve damage ________________?
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A. Paralysis of vocal cords

B. A and B

C. There is paralysis of muscles of mastication

D. There is paralysis of facial muscles
87. Afferent sensation from the lower molar teeth is carried by____________?
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A. Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve

B. Facial nerve

C. Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve

D. Opthalmic branch of the trigeminal

88. Which of the following structures is least likely to be damaged during mandibular 3rd molar extraction___________?
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A. Inferior alveolar nerve

B. Inferior alveolar artery

C. Lingual artery

D. Lingual nerve

89. Posterior communicating artery is a branch of _______________?
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A. Ophthamic artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Middle cerebral artery

D. Internal carotid artery
90. The transverse venous sinus continues as_________________?
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A. Cavernous sinus

B. Sigmoid sinus

C. Ethmoidal sinus

D. Straight sinus

91. Angle of jaw ( or) skin over angle of mandible is supplied by______________?
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A. Great auricular nerve

B. Posterior auricular nerve

C. Greater occipital nerve

D. Lesser occipital nerve

92. What is not true of facial artery __________________?
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A. Main source of oxygenated blood to palatine tonsil

B. Is a branch of internal carotid artery

C. Supplies branches to both upper and lower lips

D. Conveys post ganglionic sympathetic nerve fibres to the submandibular gland

93. Which of the following is correct ?
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A. Hard palate is formed by maxilla, palatine and vomer bone.

B. Levator palatine forms a delicated tendon which winds round the pterygoid hamulus and flattens out to form the palatine aponeurosis

C. The posterior wall of pharynx, the upper part of thyropharyngeus is a multiple sheet of muscle and is overlapped by the upper and middle constrictors.

D. All the constrictors of pharynx are inserted into median raphae on the posterior wall of the pharynx.
94. Internal carotid artery at the bifurcation from the common carotid is________________?
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A. Posterior to external carotid

B. Medial to external carotid

C. Lateral to the external carotid

D. Anterior to external carotid

95. Which of the following is not a branch of ophthalmic nerve ?
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A. Lacrimal

B. Frontal

C. Nasociliary

D. Medial ethmoid
96. Anterior belly of digastric is supplied by_______________?
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A. Mylohyoid nerve

B. Hypoglossal nerve

C. Branch of facial nerve

D. Branch of cervical plexus

97. Celiary ganglion is located______________?
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A. Apex of orbit

B. Between optic nerve and lateral rectus

C. Apex of orbit and superior rectus

D. Apex of orbit between optic nerve and lateral rectus
98. All of the following structures are related to cavernous sinus except______________?
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A. Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve

B. 6th nerve

C. 4th nerve

D. 2nd optic nerve
99. Which of the following is not a branch of the external carotid artery ?
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A. Lingual artery

B. Opthalmic artery

C. Pharyngeal artery

D. Maxillary artery

100. Carotid sheath contains all except______________?
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A. Phrenic nerve

B. Vagus nerve

C. Carotid artery

D. Internal jugular vein