A. Left hypoglossal
B. Left glossopharyngeal
C. Right hypoglossal
D. Right glossopharyngeal
Related Mcqs:
- When a patient protrudes his tongue, it deviated to the right. Which of the following nerves is damaged ?
A. Left hypoglossal
B. Glossopharyngeal
C. Right hypoglossal
D. Facial nerve - When a patient is asked to say ” ah” if the uvula is drawn upwards to the left, the cranial nerve likely to be damaged is____________?
A. Vagus
B. Rt accessory
C. Lt accessory
D. Hypoglossal - A 20yr old patient reports with multiple swelling of the jaws. Clinical examination reveals multiple hard swellings involving the jaws and intra orally several missing teeth are noticed. Panoramic radiograph reveals multiple radio opaque lesions in the maxilla and the mandible with multiple impacted teeth and supernumerary teeth indicative of Gardeners syndrome: The above mentioned condition is______________?
A. Autosomal dominant disease
B. Autosomal recessive disorder
C. X-linked disease
D. A syndrome of unknown cause - The hypoglossal nerve is the motor nerve to all of the muscles of the tongue except, the____________?
A. Genioglossus
B. Palatoglossus
C. Superior longitudinal muscle
D. Inferior longitudinal muscle - If the seventh nerve is damaged on the right side of the face______________?
A. the muscles of mastication would be denervated
B. the muscles of facial expression would be denervated
C. taste from the right anterior two thirds of the tongue would not be affected
D. sympathetic fibre to salivary gland would be interrupted - On opening the mouth , if the jaw deviates to the right side, it indicates the paralysis of__________?
A. Right lateral pterygoid
B. Left lateral pterygoid
C. Right medial pterygoid
D. Left medial pterygoid - A patient notices a well demarcated area of depapillation on his tongue which has been there for as long as he can remember, The most probable diagnosis_____________?
A. Median rhomboid glossitis
B. Geographic tongue
C. Black hairy tongue
D. Moeller’s glossitis - Which of the following muscle of tongue runs from dorsum of tongue to ventral_____________?
A. Verticalis
B. Superior longitudinal
C. Inferior longitudinal
D. Transverse - The muscle of tongue not supplied by the hypoglossal nerve is_____________?
A. Hyoglossus
B. Styloglossus
C. Genioglossus
D. Palatoglossus - Glossopharyngeal nerve supplies posterior part of tongue because it develops from_____________?
A. Hyoid arch
B. Tubercuum impar
C. Mandibular arch
D. Hypobranchial eminence
