general anatomy MCQs – Page 3

Practise focused general anatomy questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

general anatomy Mcqs
41. In a patient it is noticed that when he protrudes his tongue it deviates to the left. The nerve damaged is_______________?
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A. Right glossopharyngeal

B. Right hypoglossal

C. Left hypoglossal

D. Left glossopharyngeal

42. Inferior alveolar nerve runs______________?
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A. Medial to lateral pterygoid

B. Lateral to medial pterygoid

C. Lateral to lateral pterygoid

D. From Infratemporal fossa

43. Middle meningeal artery is direct branch of_______________?
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A. Middle cerebral artery

B. Internal maxillary artery

C. External carotid artery

D. Superficial temporal artery

44. Ptosis may occur due to damage to_______________?
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A. Occulomotor

B. Trochlear nerve

C. Trigeminal nerve

D. Superior oblique muscle

45. The nerve supply for motor action of buccinator______________?
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A. Auriculo temporal nerve

B. Maxillary nerve

C. Mandibular nerve

D. Facial nerve
46. The connecting vein between facial vein and cavernous sinus is_____________?
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A. None of the above

B. Connecting pterygoid plexus

C. Inferior ophthalmic vein

D. Superior ophthalmic vein
47. Motor division of trigeminal division comes out via_______________?
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A. Foramen ovale

B. Foramen spinosum

C. Foramen magnum

D. Foramen lacerum

48. Which of the following muscles is supplied by mandibular nerve?
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A. Buccinator

B. Posterior belly of digastric

C. Tensor veli palatine

D. Stapedius

49. All of the following is true of facial nerve except_______________?
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A. It is a nerve of 2nd arch

B. It has no sensory component

C. The muscles of the eyelid will be spared in upper motor neuron lesions

D. Supplies motor branches to the muscles of facial expression

50. Carotid sheath contains all except______________?
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A. Internal jugular vein

B. Common carotid artery

C. Vagus nerve

D. External carotid artery

E. Internal carotid artery

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

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