General Anatomy Mcqs Archives

471. The slightly movable articulations in which the contiguous bony surfaces are either connected by broad flattened disks of fibrocartilage or united by interosseous ligaments are known as______________?

A. Gomphosis

B. Enarthroses

C. Diarthroses

D. Amphiarthroses

✅ The correct answer is option D. Amphiarthroses.

472. Duct of parotid gland crosses over masseter muscle and pierces the___________?

A. Buccinator muscle

B. Superior constrictor

C. Masseter

D. Zygomaticus major

✅ The correct answer is option A. Buccinator muscle.

473. Base of the tongue is attached to the_____________?

A. Hyoid bone

B. Mandible

C. Hyoid bone and mandible

D. None of the above

✅ The correct answer is option B. Mandible.

474. Lymph from tonsils drain into the_______________?

A. Jugulo omohyoid node

B. Jugulo digastric node

C. Submental node

D. Upper cervical node

✅ The correct answer is option B. Jugulo digastric node.

475. Surgical excision of parotid gland endangers which of the following structures ______________?

A. Hypoglossal nerve

B. Motor nerve of the muscles of mastication

C. External carotid artery, auriculotemporal nerve, facial nerve

D. Lesser occipital nerve and spinal accessory nerve

✅ The correct answer is option C. External carotid artery, auriculotemporal nerve, facial nerve.

476. Medial pterygoid muscle is attached to ________________?

A. Medial surface of lateral pterygoid plate

B. Lateral surface of medial pterygoid plate

C. Medial surface of medial pterygoid plate

D. Lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate

✅ The correct answer is option A. Medial surface of lateral pterygoid plate.

477. The muscle arising from the outer surface of the alveolus at the region of the molars is supplied by which nerve _____________?

A. Trigeminal

B. Facial

C. Mandibular

D. Inferior alveolar

✅ The correct answer is option B. Facial.

478. Deep surface of Hyoglossus is related to_____________?

A. Lingual nerve

B. Hypoglossal nerve

C. Submandibular Ganglion

D. Glossopharyngeal nerve

✅ The correct answer is option D. Glossopharyngeal nerve.

479. Hypoglossal nerve supplies to all the following muscles EXCEPT____________?

A. Palatoglossus

B. Genioglossus

C. Hyoglossus

D. Styloglossus

✅ The correct answer is option A. Palatoglossus.

480. The lacrimal gland is located in a groove which is overlap by_______________?

A. Levator palpebrae superioris muscle

B. Lateral rectus

C. inferior oblique

D. Superior oblique

✅ The correct answer is option A. Levator palpebrae superioris muscle.