451. The blood supply of tonsils is_____________?
A. Lingual artery
B. Superior thyroid artery
C. Facial artery
D. Pharyngeal artery
✅ The correct answer is option C. Facial artery.
General Anatomy Mcqs
452. The receptor cells of the olfactory epithelium are__________________?
A. Bipolar neurons
B. Unipolar neurons
C. Multipolar neurons
D. Stellate cells
✅ The correct answer is option A. Bipolar neurons.
453. All of the following muscles are grouped together as “muscles of mastication” except_______________?
A. Buccinator
B. Masseter
C. Temporalis
D. Pterygoids
✅ The correct answer is option A. Buccinator.
454. The first costochondral joint is a_______________?
A. Fibrous joint
B. Synovial joint
C. Fmosis
D. Synarthrosis
✅ The correct answer is option D. Synarthrosis.
455. All the following nerves may be injured while doing excision of submandibular salivary glands except______________?
A. Lingual nerve
B. Spinal accessory nerve
C. Mandibular branch of facial nerve
D. Hypoglossal nerve
✅ The correct answer is option B. Spinal accessory nerve.
456. Which of the following muscles elevates the mandible ?
A. Buccinator
B. Temporalis
C. Ganinus
D. Lateral pterygoid
✅ The correct answer is option B. Temporalis.
457. Muscles of the tongue are derived from__________________?
A. 1st pharyngeal swelling
B. Lateral lingual swelling
C. Occipital myotomes
D. Preoptic myotome muscles
✅ The correct answer is option C. Occipital myotomes.
458. The facial nerve______________?
A. Arises from medulla oblongata
B. Transverses through parotid gland
C. Supplies muscles of mastication
D. Carries no taste fibres
✅ The correct answer is option B. Transverses through parotid gland.
459. Genioglossus Muscle is attached in the posterior surface of symphysis menti in the________________?
A. Mental spines
B. Superior genial tubercle
C. The inferior genial tubercle
D. Just above the lower border of mandible
✅ The correct answer is option B. Superior genial tubercle.
460. ‘Wry neck’ deformity is due to the damage of______________?
A. Platysma
B. Sternohyoid
C. Sternocleidomastoid
D. Omohyoid
✅ The correct answer is option C. Sternocleidomastoid.