Face, Mouth, TMJ Practise Quiz

Question 1

1. Which of the following is a muscle of mastication?
   a) external rectus
   b) occipitalis
   c) superior oblique
   d) masseter
   e) buccinator

Answer 1

d) masseter

Question 2

2. Which nerve innervates the muscles of mastication?
   a) Oculomotor
   b) Trigeminal
   c) Vagus
   d) Facial
   e) Glossopharyngeal

Answer 2

b) Trigeminal

Question 3

3. Which of these muscles insert into the superficial fascia of the skin?
   a) posterior neck muscles
   b) anterolateral neck muscles
   c) muscles of facial expression
   d) muscles of mastication
   e) muscles of mandible

Answer 3

c) muscles of facial expression

Question 4

4. The orbicularis oris muscle:
   a) compresses and purses the lips
   b) elevates the corner of the mouth
   c) draws the lower lip inferiorly
   d) draws the corner of the lip laterally
   e) dilates the lips

Answer 4

a) compresses and purses the lips

Question 5

5. Which muscle pulls the lower lip inferiorly and tenses the skin of the neck?
   a) depressor anguli oris
   b) depressor labii inferioris
   c) mentalis
   d) platysma
   e) orbicularis oris

Answer 5

d) platysma

Question 6

6. The most numerous facial muscles are associated with the:
   a) Nasal and otic regions
   b) Oral region
   c) Orbital region
   d) Frontal and mental region
   e) Mandibular region

Answer 6

b) Oral region

Question 7

7. The purpose of the soft palate is to:
   a) house extra taste buds
   b) sense temperature of food before it is swallowed
   c) produce saliva and enzymatic secretions
   d) provide tonsillar protection
   e) close of the nasal cavity during swallowing

Answer 7

e) close of the nasal cavity during swallowing

Question 8

8. The three pairs of multicellular salivary glands that secrete into the oral cavity are
   the ____________ glands.
   a) Alpha, beta and gamma
   b) parotid, submandibular, and sublingual
   c) palatine, lingual, and pharyngeal
   d) lingual, sublingual and palatine
   e) serous, mucous, and mixed

Answer 8

b) parotid, submandibular, and sublingual

Question 9

9. A baseball player was hit on the left side of his skull in the parotid area. He cannot
close his eye and the corner of his mouth droops. Which cranial nerve was
damaged?
a) facial
b) glossopharyngeal
c) accessory
d) optic
e) oculomotor

Answer 9

a) facial

Question 10

10. The muscles of facial expression are innervated by:
    a) trigeminal nerve
    b) trochlear nerve
    c) facial nerve
    d) glossopharyngeal nerve
    e) all of the above

Answer 10

c) facial nerve