Facial nerve paralysis is common with:___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Paralysis of upper eyelid is due to paralysis of________________?

   A. III
   B. IV
   C. V
   D. VII

2. Facial paralysis is tested by_______________?

   A. Whistling
   B. chewing
   C. Protruding the tongue
   D. Swallowing

3. Injury to the motor division of the mandibular nerve will cause paralysis of the following except ______________?

   A. Medial pterygoid
   B. Masseter
   C. Buccinator
   D. Anterior belly of digastric

4. 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

5. 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

6. Lesion of facial nerve at level of stylomastoid foramen leads to____________?

   A. Loss of taste sensation from Ant. 2/3 of tongue
   B. Paralysis of orbicularis oculi muscle
   C. Loss of innervation to stapedius
   D. Loss of lacrimal secretion

7. All of the following is true of facial nerve except_______________?

   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

8. All the following muscles are innervated by the facial nerve except_____________?

   A. Occipito – frontalis
   B. Anterior belly of digastric
   C. Risorius
   D. Procerus

9. 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

10. In right facial nerve damage ________________?

    A. There is paralysis of facial muscles
    B. There is paralysis of muscles of mastication
    C. Paralysis of vocal cords
    D. A and B