Lacrimation is affected when facial nerve is injured at _____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. 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

3. A person has inability to look downwards and laterally. The nerve injured is_____________?

   A. Occulomotor
   B. Trochlear
   C. Trigeminal
   D. Ophthalmic

4. The facial nerve _____________?

   A. Arises from the medulla oblongata
   B. Transverses through parotid gland
   C. Suppleis muscles of mastication
   D. Carries no taste fibres

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. 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

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. 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

9. 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

10. All of the following muscles are supplied by the facial nerve except_______________?

    A. Stapedius
    B. Occipitofrontalis
    C. Anterior belly of digastric
    D. Buccinator