MCQ PRACTICE

Question 1

which artery lies deep to bony area named pterion

Answer 1

middle meningeal artery

Question 2

largest nasal sinus

Answer 2

maxillary

Question 3

what branch of vagus nerve supplies sensation above the vocal folds

Answer 3

internal laryngeal

Question 4

what nerve is found in mandibular canal

Answer 4

inferior alveolar nerve

Question 5

sublingual salivary gland rests on which muscle

Answer 5

mylohyoid

Question 6

what two skull bones form the roof of the oral cavity

Answer 6

maxilla and palatine

Question 7

from what foramen does the motor component of facial nerve emerge

Answer 7

stylomastoid

Question 8

from what artery does superior thyroid artery originate

Answer 8

external carotid

Question 9

the false vocal fold of the larynx is the lower margin of what structure

Answer 9

quadrangular membrane

Question 10

what nerve provides sensory supply to oropharynx

Answer 10

glossopharyngeal

Question 11

the lymphatics of posterior tongue drain into which nodes

Answer 11

deep cervical

Question 12

in what facial sheath is thyroid gland enclosed

Answer 12

prectracheal

Question 13

what joint type is formed between parietal and squamous part of temporal

Answer 13

fibrous

Question 14

palatoglossus is innervated by what nerve

Answer 14

pharyngeal plexus

Question 15

Name the 4 parasympathetic ganglion

Answer 15

Ciliary, pterygopalatine, submandibular, otic ganglia

Question 16

The otic ganglion is suspended from which nerve

Answer 16

nerve to medial pterygoid

Question 17

To what lymph node does the palatine tonsil drain

Answer 17

jugulodigastric node

Question 18

Classification of TMJ joint

Answer 18

Atypical synovial condylar joint

Question 19

Where is platysma located

Answer 19

deep to skin, within superficial fascial layer

Question 20

Where is thyroid gland located

Answer 20

Posterior to sternothyroid and sternohyoid
Wraps around cricoid cartilage and tracheal rings

Question 21

From which pharyngeal arch are muscles of mastication derived

Answer 21

1st

Question 22

What is general sensory innervation of oral cavity

Answer 22

Lingual nerve

Question 23

The pterygoid process of what bone forms the posterior wall of pterygopalatine fossa

Answer 23

sphenoid

Question 24

Where is pituitary gland located

Answer 24

base of brain, hypothalmus

Question 25

Where is submandibular gland located

Answer 25

posterior of submandibular triangle

Question 26

Innervation of submandibular gland?

Answer 26

chorda tympani via submandibular ganglion

Question 27

What is the function of the hyoglossus

Answer 27

retrudes and depresses tongue

Question 28

What is the function of the palatoglossus

Answer 28

maintains pataloglossal arch, elevates back of tongue

Question 29

What is the function of the styloglossus

Answer 29

retrudes and elevates

Question 30

What is the function of the genioglossus

Answer 30

protrudes

Question 31

Name the 4 types of tonsils

Answer 31

Palatine, Pharyngeal, Lingual, Tubal

Question 32

What does carotid sheath supply

Answer 32

Fibrous connective tissue around neck
Vagus Nerve, Common carotid arteries, IJV, recurrent laryngeal nerve

Question 33

What supplies tensor veli palatani

Answer 33

mandibular branch of trigeminal

Question 34

What innervates muscles of palate

Answer 34

pharyngeal branch of vagus

Question 35

Function of superior longitudinal?

Answer 35

shortens and widens and curls it upwards

Question 36

Function of inferior longitudinal?

Answer 36

shortens and widens and curls it downwards

Question 37

Function of transverse muscle?

Answer 37

elongates and narrows tongue

Question 38

Function of vertical muscle?

Answer 38

flattens the tongue

Question 39

Name 8 branches of external carotid artery

Answer 39

Superior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior auricular
Superficial temporal
Maxillary