General Anatomy Mcqs - Set 2

1)   Cricothyroid is supplied by______________?

a. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
b. Internal laryngeal nerve
c. External laryngeal nerve
d. Hypoglossal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: External laryngeal nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Which of the following is innervated by the vagus nerve ?

a. The levator velti palatine ( levator palatini)
b. The psterior belly of digastric
c. Mylohyoid
d. The tensor veli palatine ( tensor palatini)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The levator velti palatine ( levator palatini)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Nerve of pterygoid canal is formed by______________?

a. Symphathetic and lesser petrosal nerve
b. Symphatetic and greater superficial petrosal nerve
c. Chorda tympani
d. Jacobson’s nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Symphatetic and greater superficial petrosal nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Main nerve supply of palatine tonsils is_______________?

a. Lesser palatine nerve
b. Greater palatine nerve
c. Glossopharyngeal nerve
d. Facial nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glossopharyngeal nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Glossopharyngeal nerve supplies posterior part of tongue because it develops from_____________?

a. Hyoid arch
b. Tubercuum impar
c. Mandibular arch
d. Hypobranchial eminence
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hypobranchial eminence

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Pregarglionic parasympatnetic fibres to the Otic ganglion are carried in the______________?

a. Greater petrosal nerve
b. Lesser petrosal nerve
c. Chorda tympani
d. Auriculotemporal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lesser petrosal nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Gag reflex is lost due to paralysis of______________?

a. V nerve
b. VII nerve
c. IX nerve
d. XII nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IX nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Parasympathetic nerve supply to salivary gland is by_______________?

a. IX & VII cranial Nerves
b. V & IX cranial Nerves
c. V & X cranial Nerves
d. IX & X cranial Nerves
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: IX & VII cranial Nerves

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Lacrimation is affected when facial nerve is injured at _____________?

a. Geniculate ganglion
b. Sphenopalatine ganglions
c. A & B
d. At foramen spinosum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A & B

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The psterior belly of the digastric muscle is supplied by the_______________?

a. Facial nerve
b. Vagus nerve
c. Mylohyoid nerve
d. Inferior alveolar nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facial nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Facial nerve_______________?

a. Mixed nerve
b. Sensory nerve
c. Motor nerve
d. Parasympathertic nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mixed nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   The nerve supply of stapedius muscle is______________?

a. III cranial nerve
b. V cranial nerve
c. VII cranial nerve
d. XI cranial nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: VII cranial nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Smiling and frowning are actions produced by the following nerves _______________?

a. Mastication; trigeminal ( V cranial )
b. mastication; facial ( VII cranial )
c. Facial expression; trigeminal ( V cranial )
d. Facial expression; facial ( VII cranial)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facial expression; facial ( VII cranial)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   In right facial nerve damage ________________?

a. There is paralysis of facial muscles
b. There is paralysis of muscles of mastication
c. Paralysis of vocal cords
d. A and B
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: There is paralysis of facial muscles

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Branches of facial nerve are_______________?

a. Digastric
b. Stylohyoid
c. Posterior auricular
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Chorda tympani contain_______________?

a. Preganglionic sympathetic fibres
b. Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres
c. Postganglionic sympathetic fibres
d. Postganglionic parasympathetic fibres
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Preganglionic parasympathetic fibres

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The nerve supply for motor action of buccinator______________?

a. Facial nerve
b. Mandibular nerve
c. Maxillary nerve
d. Auriculo temporal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Facial nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   All of the following muscles are supplied by the facial nerve except_______________?

a. Stapedius
b. Occipitofrontalis
c. Anterior belly of digastric
d. Buccinator
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Anterior belly of digastric

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Anterior belly of digastric is supplied by_______________?

a. Mylohyoid nerve
b. Branch of facial nerve
c. Branch of cervical plexus
d. Hypoglossal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mylohyoid nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Trigeminal nerve has how many nuclei in CNS______________?

a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. Six
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Four

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Sphenopalatine ganglion does not supply_________________?

a. Nasal mucosa
b. Sublingual gland
c. Ciliary ganglion
d. B & C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: B & C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   The innervation of the tensor tympani muscle is_____________?

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

ANSWER: Mandibular

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Afferent sensation from the lower molar teeth is carried by____________?

a. Facial nerve
b. Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve
c. Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
d. Opthalmic branch of the trigeminal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Anterior belly of digastric is supplied by ____________?

a. Branch of mandibular nerve
b. Branch of facial nerve
c. Branch of cervical plexus
d. Hypoglossal nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Branch of mandibular nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Ganglion associated with locrimal gland_______________?

a. Sphenopalatine ( pterygo palatine)
b. Otic ganglion
c. Submandibular
d. Ciliary
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sphenopalatine ( pterygo palatine)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Nerve supply of temporalis muscle______________?

a. VIII cranial nerve
b. V cranial nerve
c. VII cranial nerve
d. II cranial nerve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: V cranial nerve

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Motor division of trigeminal division comes out via_______________?

a. Foramen spinosum
b. Foramen magnum
c. Foramen ovale
d. Foramen lacerum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Foramen ovale

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   The fifth nerve innervates the following________________?

a. Mylohyoid , anterior and posterior belly of digastric
b. Mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, and tensor tympani
c. Mylohyoid, posterior belly of digastric , and tesnor tympani
d. Mylohyoid, posterior belly of digastric, Stapedius and tensor tympani
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, and tensor tympani

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Structures passing through the sigmoid (mandibular ) notch are_____________?

a. Auriculotemporal nerve
b. Mandibular nerve
c. Masseteric nerve and vessels
d. Chorda tympani
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Masseteric nerve and vessels

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Which of the following muscles is supplied by mandibular nerve?

a. Stapedius
b. Buccinator
c. Tensor veli palatine
d. Posterior belly of digastric
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tensor veli palatine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!