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1.

Which of the following statements regarding middle constrictor muscle is wrong__________________?

A. Lies on superior constrictor
B. Lymph from it drains in the deep cervical lymph nodes
C. Has sensory innervation from vagus
D. Is a derivative of the second pharyngeal arch
Answer» E.
2.

Which of the following structures is least likely to be damaged during mandibular 3rd molar extraction___________?

A. Lingual artery
B. Lingual nerve
C. Inferior alveolar nerve
D. Inferior alveolar artery
Answer» B. Lingual nerve
3.

Which of the following structures is not found in parotid gland______________?

A. ECA
B. Facial nerve
C. Auriculo temporal nerve
D. Buccal branch of mandibular nerve
Answer» E.
4.

Which of the following structures is not present on the internal surface of mandible ?

A. Genial tubercle
B. Mylohyoid ridge
C. Lingula
D. Mental foramen
Answer» E.
5.

Which of the following supplies structures in head, neck, thorax and abdomen ?

A. Internal carotid artery
B. 12th cranial nerve
C. Vagus nerve
D. Accessory cranial
Answer» D. Accessory cranial
6.

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» E.
7.

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» E.
8.

Which one of the following muscles of the soft palate supplied by the mandibular nerve______________?

A. Levator palati
B. Palat glossus
C. Tensor palati
D. Musculus uvulae
Answer» D. Musculus uvulae
9.

Which out of the following bones ossify first ?

A. Mandible
B. Nasal bone
C. Vomer
D. Occipital
Answer» B. Nasal bone
10.

Which part of the body is underdeveloped at birth_____________?

A. Eyes
B. Ears
C. Face
D. Brain
Answer» D. Brain
11.

Which structure does not pass through the jugular foramen ?

A. Vagus nerve
B. Glossopharyngeal nerve
C. Accessory nerve
D. Internal carotid artery
Answer» E.
12.

Which structure passes through infra orbital fissure______________?

A. Superior ophthalmic vein
B. Opthalmic artery
C. Trochlear nerve
D. Zygomatic nerve
Answer» E.
13.

Which structures pass through infra orbital fissurs______________?

A. Superior ophthalmic vein
B. Ophthalmic artery
C. Trochlear nerve
D. Zygomatic nerve
Answer» E.
14.

Which vertebra has the most prominent spine______________?

A. C2
B. C7
C. T10
D. L2
Answer» C. T10
15.

‘Wry neck’ deformity is due to the damage of______________?

A. Platysma
B. Sternohyoid
C. Sternocleidomastoid
D. Omohyoid
Answer» D. Omohyoid
16.

Which of the following organs has the most permeable capillaries ?

A. Brain
B. Posterior pituitary gland
C. Liver
D. Small intestine
Answer» D. Small intestine
17.

Which of the following nerves are branches of mandibular nerve ?

A. Lingual, facial and palatine nerve
B. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerves
C. Inferior alveolar and cervical nerves
D. All of the above
Answer» C. Inferior alveolar and cervical nerves
18.

which of the following muscles separates the carotid triangle from the digastric triangle ?

A. Anterior belly of the diagstric
B. Posterior belly of the digastric
C. Superior belly of omohyoid
D. Sternothyroid
Answer» C. Superior belly of omohyoid
19.

Which of the following muscles has dual nerve supply ?

A. Digastric
B. Lateral pterygoid
C. Masseter
D. Temporalis
Answer» B. Lateral pterygoid
20.

Which of the following muscles is supplied by mandibular nerve?

A. Stapedius
B. Buccinator
C. Tensor veli palatine
D. Posterior belly of digastric
Answer» D. Posterior belly of digastric
21.

Which of the following muscle of tongue runs from dorsum of tongue to ventral_____________?

A. Verticalis
B. Superior longitudinal
C. Inferior longitudinal
D. Transverse
Answer» B. Superior longitudinal
22.

Which of the following muscles elevates the mandible ?

A. Buccinator
B. Temporalis
C. Ganinus
D. Lateral pterygoid
Answer» C. Ganinus
23.

Which of the following muscle is attached to posterior part of pterygomandibular raphe ?

A. Lateral pterygoid
B. Buccinator
C. Superior constrictor
D. Medial pterygoid
Answer» D. Medial pterygoid
24.

Which of the following muscle divides the sub- mandibular gland into a superficial and deep part ?

A. Genioglossus
B. Mylohyoid
C. Sternohyoid
D. Digastric
Answer» C. Sternohyoid
25.

Which of the following is unpaired bone of facial skeleton______________?

A. Nasal
B. Lacrimal
C. Inerior nasal concha
D. Vomer
Answer» E.
26.

Which of the following is the weakest part of the orbit ?

A. Medial wall
B. Lateral wall
C. Floor of the orbit
D. Roof of the orbit
Answer» B. Lateral wall
27.

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» C. Vein, Artery and Nerve
28.

Which of the following is the nerve of third branchial arch____________?

A. Facial nerve
B. Trigeminal
C. Vagus
D. Glossopharyngeal
Answer» E.
29.

Which of the following is supplied by the glossopharyngeal nerve_____________?

A. Stylopharyngeus
B. Palatophary negus
C. Geniohyoid
D. Genioglossus
Answer» B. Palatophary negus
30.

Which of the following is present in the posterior cranial fossa in a five year old child______________?

A. Foramen rotundum
B. Foramen lacerum
C. Juglar foramen
D. Zygomatic nerve
Answer» D. Zygomatic nerve
31.

Which of the following is not true regarding trigeminal nerve ?

A. Roots of trigeminal nerve are attached to pons
B. It has three main divisions
C. Trigeminal nerve supplies the dura mater of middle cranial fossa
D. The trigeminal ganglion contributes to the sensory root only
Answer» E.
32.

Which of the following is NOT true about paramedian pits _______________?

A. Found and the lower lip
B. Found on the upper lip
C. On either side of the midline
D. Associated with cleft lip and palate
Answer» C. On either side of the midline
33.

Which of the following is not present on the medial surface of a submandibular gland ?

A. Styloglossus
B. Mylohyoid
C. Facial vein
D. Hyoglossus
Answer» B. Mylohyoid
34.

Which of the following is not an intrinsic muscle of eye ?

A. Dilator papillae
B. Sphincter papillae
C. Levator palpebrae superioris
D. Cilliary muscle
Answer» D. Cilliary muscle
35.

Which of the following is not a neuroectodermal derivative ?

A. Paneth cells
B. Neurons
C. Schwann cells
D. Odontoblasts
Answer» B. Neurons
36.

Which of the following is not a branch of the external carotid artery ?

A. Opthalmic artery
B. Pharyngeal artery
C. Maxillary artery
D. Lingual artery
Answer» C. Maxillary artery
37.

Which of the following is not a branch of ophthalmic nerve ?

A. Frontal
B. Lacrimal
C. Nasociliary
D. Medial ethmoid
Answer» E.
38.

Which of the following is located meidal to the third molar at the junction of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone_____________?

A. Posterior nasal spine
B. Mylohyoid line
C. Pterygoid Hamulus
D. Greater palatine foramen
Answer» E.
39.

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» B. The psterior belly of digastric
40.

Which of the following is false about otic parasympathetic ganglion ?

A. Secretomotor supply for the parotid gland
B. Situated at the floor of the infratemporal fossa
C. Has parasympathetic , sympathetic and sensory fibres
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
41.

Which of the following is correctly matched_______________?

A. Doubt – mentalis
B. Surprise – frontalis or epicranius
C. Grief – Depressor angauli oris
D. Contempt – Zygomatic minor
E. All the above
Answer» F.
42.

Which of the following is / are fan shaped_______________?

A. Middle constrictor
B. Temporolis
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
43.

Which of the following is a paired venous sinus of duramater_________________?

A. Cavernous sinus
B. Superior petrosal
C. Transverse sinus
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
44.

Which of the following is a derivative of the second brachial cleft________________?

A. Tympanic cavity
B. Meckel’s cartilage
C. Palatine tonsil
D. Tongue base
Answer» D. Tongue base
45.

Which of the following does not pass through superior orbital fissure ______________?

A. Oculomotor nerve
B. Optic
C. Ophthalmic division of trigeminal
D. Trochlear
Answer» C. Ophthalmic division of trigeminal
46.

Which of the following does not pass through cavernous sinus ?

A. Occulomotor ( III) nerve
B. Traochlear nerve
C. Medial cerebral artery
D. Trigeminal nerve
Answer» D. Trigeminal nerve
47.

Which of the following does not drain into the sub mental lymph nodes ?

A. Upper lip
B. Tip of tongue
C. Floor of mouth
D. Central lower lip
Answer» B. Tip of tongue
48.

Which of the following arteries does not supply the circle of Willis ?

A. Anterior cerebral
B. Middle cerebral
C. Posterior – inferior cerebrat
D. Posterior communicating
Answer» D. Posterior communicating
49.

Which of the following accessory ligaments of the TMJ is likely to have significance upon mandibular movements ?

A. Sphenomandibular
B. Stylomandibular
C. Pterygomandibular
D. All of the above
Answer» C. Pterygomandibular
50.

Which nerve is in close relation with the root of the lower 3rd molar ___________?

A. Inferior alveolar nerve
B. Chorda tympani
C. Lingual nerve
D. Mylohyoid nerve
Answer» D. Mylohyoid nerve