A. Buccinator
B. Temporalis
C. Ganinus
D. Lateral pterygoid
✅ The correct answer is option B. Temporalis.
General Anatomy Mcqs
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.
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.
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.
‘Wry neck’ deformity is due to the damage of______________?
A. Platysma
B. Sternohyoid
C. Sternocleidomastoid
D. Omohyoid
✅ The correct answer is option C. Sternocleidomastoid.
Main motor nerve supply to the pharynx is_____________?
A. Vagus nerve
B. Accessory nerve
C. Glossopharyngeal nerve
D. Facial nerve
✅ The correct answer is option B. Accessory nerve.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve has close relation to______________?
A. Superior thyroid artery
B. Middle thyroid vein
C. Inferior thyroid artery
D. Inferior parathyroid
✅ The correct answer is option C. Inferior thyroid artery.
Lacrimation does not occur when facial nerve injury is at_____________?
A. Geniculate ganglion
B. In semicircular canal
C. At sphenopalatine ganglia
D. At mastoid foramen
✅ The correct answer is option A. Geniculate ganglion.
All of the following muscles are elevators of the mandible EXCEPT_______________?
A. Digastric
B. Masseter
C. Medial pterygoid
D. TEmporalis
✅ The correct answer is option A. Digastric.
Geniculate ganglion is concerned with_____________?
A. Taste
B. Lacrimation
C. Saliva
D. Sweating
✅ The correct answer is option A. Taste.