A. Supplies motor branches to the muscles of facial expression
B. It has no sensory component
C. The muscles of the eyelid will be spared in upper motor neuron lesions
D. It is a nerve of 2nd arch
Related Mcqs:
- All of the following muscles are supplied by the facial nerve except_______________?
A. Stapedius
B. Occipitofrontalis
C. Anterior belly of digastric
D. Buccinator - Facial nerve supply all except_______________?
A. Lacrimal gland
B. Nasal gland
C. Submandibular gland
D. Parotid gland - All the following muscles are innervated by the facial nerve except_____________?
A. Occipito – frontalis
B. Anterior belly of digastric
C. Risorius
D. Procerus - All of the following muscles are supplied by the mandibular nerve except_______________?
A. Masseter
B. Buccinator
C. Medial pterygoid
D. Anterior belly of digastric - Posterior embrasures are generally larger on the lingual than on the facial, with the contact area within the facial moiety, except between maxillary_______________?
A. Premolars
B. 1st and 2ndmolar
C. 1st premolar and cane
D. First molar and 2nd premolar - A 60 year old male presents with a 2 day history of a severe left ear ache with a burning sensation in the ear and loss of taste. There is left sided weakness of both upper and lower facial muscles. Facial sensation is normal. A few vesicles are seen in the pharynx. What is the most likely diagnosis ?
A. Bell’s palsy
B. Acoustic neuroma
C. Diphtheria
D. Ramsay Hunt syndrome - the special visceral afferent fibres of the facial nerve are located in which nuclei___________?
A. Motor nucleus
B. Nucleus ambigous
C. Nucleus of tractus solitarius
D. Lacrimatory nucleus - The branch of facial nerve that conveys the secretomotor impulse involved in lacrimation is_____________?
A. Chorda tympani nerve
B. Deep peterosal nerve
C. Greater petrosal nerve
D. Lesser petrosal nerve - 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 - Unilateral supranuclear lesion of facial nerve involves______________?
A. Whole of face
B. Only ipsilateral upper part of the face
C. Only contra lateral lower part of the face
D. Whole of lower face
