General Anatomy Mcqs - Set 1

1)   Which of the following is correct ?

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. All the constrictors of pharynx are inserted into median raphae on the posterior wall of the pharynx.
d. 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.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All the constrictors of pharynx are inserted into median raphae on the posterior wall of the pharynx.

Explanation:
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2)   Which of the the following is not correct ?

a. Right CCA is a branch of brachiocephalic artery
b. Left CCA is a branch of arch of aorta
c. The CCA is divided into external and internal carotid arteries at the level of upper border of thyroid cartilage
d. Carotid sinus acts as a chemoreceptor
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Carotid sinus acts as a chemoreceptor

Explanation:
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3)   Which of the following is correct?

a. Subclavian vein is a continuation of axillary’s vein
b. Internal jubular vein is direct continuation of sigmoid sinus
c. Brahio cephalic vein is formed behind the sternoclavicular joint by the union of internal jugular vein and the sublavian vein
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
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4)   On applying pressure on angle of jaw while maintaining patent airway which nerve is likely to be damaged_____________?

a. 6th
b. 7th
c. 4th
d. 9th
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 7th

Explanation:
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5)   Sensory supply of nasal cavity is from a branch of_____________?

a. Trigeminal nerve
b. Facial nerve
c. Occulomotor nerve
d. Glossopharyngeal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Trigeminal nerve

Explanation:
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6)   Pharyngotympanic tube is supplied by all except_____________?

a. Ascending pharyngeal
b. Ascending palatine
c. Middle meningeal artery
d. Artery of pterygoid canal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ascending palatine

Explanation:
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7)   In head and neck the parasympathetic system in innervates the____________?

a. Salivary glands only
b. Lacrimal gland only
c. Salivary and mucous glands
d. Salivary and lacrimal glands
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Salivary and lacrimal glands

Explanation:
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8)   Geniculate ganglion is concerned with_____________?

a. Taste
b. Lacrimation
c. Saliva
d. Sweating
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Taste

Explanation:
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9)   Cranial nerve not carrying parasympathetic fibres_____________?

a. Fourth
b. Seventh
c. Third
d. Ninth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fourth

Explanation:
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10)   Injury to which nerve will affect lacrimal secretion______________?

a. Greater petrosal nerve
b. Lesser petrosal nerve
c. Sphenopalatine nerve
d. Nasocilliary nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Greater petrosal nerve

Explanation:
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11)   Which is not a branch of cavernous part of internal carotid artery ?

a. Cavernous branch
b. Inferior hypophyseal
c. Meningeal artery
d. Ophthalmic artery
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ophthalmic artery

Explanation:
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12)   All of the following are secretomotor to submandibular gland except ?

a. Facial Nerve
b. Chorda Tympani
c. Mylohyoid Nerve
d. Lingual Nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mylohyoid Nerve

Explanation:
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13)   Occulomotor nerve passes through____________?

a. Foramen rotundum
b. Superior orbital fissure
c. Inferior orbital fissure
d. Foramen ovale
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Superior orbital fissure

Explanation:
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14)   True about occulomotor nerve are all except____________?

a. Carries parasympathertic fibres
b. Causes constriction of pupils
c. Supplies inferior oblique muscle
d. Passes through inferior orbital fissure
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Passes through inferior orbital fissure

Explanation:
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15)   Horner’s syndrome is produced due to the pressure on____________?

a. Stellate ganglion
b. Spinal cord
c. Parasympathertic ganglion
d. Celiac ganglion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stellate ganglion

Explanation:
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16)   Where is cillary ganglion located in the orbit______________?

a. Between otpic nerve and lateral recuts
b. Apex of orbit
c. Apex of orbit & superior recuts
d. Apex of orbit between optic nerve & lateral recuts
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apex of orbit between optic nerve & lateral recuts

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Which one of the following is a branch of facial nerve__________?

a. Deep petrosal nerve
b. Lesser superficial petrosal nerve
c. External petrosal nerve
d. Greater superficial petrosal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Greater superficial petrosal nerve

Explanation:
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18)   The following statements concerning chorda tympani nerve are true except that it_____________?

a. Carries secretomotor fibrers to submandibular gland
b. Joints lingual nerve in infratemporal fossa
c. Is a branch of facial nerve
d. Contains postganglionic parasympathetic fibers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Contains postganglionic parasympathetic fibers

Explanation:
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19)   Pterygopalatine ganglion is functionally connected to_______________?

a. Facial nerve
b. Mandibular nerve
c. Glosso Pharyngeal nerve
d. Maxillary nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facial nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Motor supply of infrahyoid muscle is______________?

a. Branches of cervical plexus
b. Vagus nerve
c. Glossopharyngeal nerve
d. Mandibular nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Branches of cervical plexus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Which of the following is the normal arrangement of lingual nerve and vessels in the tongue from medial to lateral____________?

a. Nerve, Artery and vein
b. Artery , Nerve and vein
c. Vein, Artery and Nerve
d. Nerve, Artery
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Artery , Nerve and vein

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The nerve that emerges from the two superficial heads of lateral pterygoid muscle is______________?

a. Buccale nerve
b. Massetric nerve
c. Nerve to pterygoid muscle
d. Inferior alveolar nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Buccale nerve

Explanation:
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23)   The tip of nose is supplied by _________ nerve?

a. Maxillary
b. Mandibular
c. Opthalmic
d. Facial
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Opthalmic

Explanation:
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24)   Celiary ganglion is located______________?

a. Between optic nerve and lateral rectus
b. Apex of orbit
c. Apex of orbit and superior rectus
d. Apex of orbit between optic nerve and lateral rectus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apex of orbit between optic nerve and lateral rectus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   The largest ganglion in the neck is___________?

a. Superior ganglion
b. Middle ganglion
c. Stellate ganglion
d. Second thoracic ganglion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Superior ganglion

Explanation:
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26)   All of the following are features of an injury to the cerival sympathetic trunk EXCEPT_____________?

a. Anhydrosis
b. Enophthalmos
c. Mydriasis
d. Ptosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mydriasis

Explanation:
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27)   The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to all of the muscles of the tongue except, the____________?

a. Genioglossus
b. Palatoglossus
c. Superior longitudinal muscle
d. Inferior longitudinal muscle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Palatoglossus

Explanation:
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28)   Hypoglossal nerve is ______________?

a. Purely motor
b. Purely sensory
c. Mixed nerve
d. A peripheral nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Purely motor

Explanation:
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29)   Cranial accessory nerve supplies_____________?

a. Sternomastoid
b. Trapezius
c. Splenius capitis
d. Soft palate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Soft palate

Explanation:
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30)   Structure which course through abdomen is____________?

a. Thoracic duct
b. Vagus nerve
c. Aorta
d. Facial nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vagus nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!