The facial nerve______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which one of the following muscles of the soft palate supplied by the mandibular nerve______________?

   A. Levator palati
   B. Palat glossus
   C. Tensor palati
   D. Musculus uvulae

2. Sphenoidal air sinus is supplied by which nerve______________?

   A. Posterior ethmoidal
   B. Posterior superior
   C. Sphenoidal
   D. Infratemporal

3. 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

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. Geniculate neuralgia is caused in the nerve______________?

   A. VII
   B. IX
   C. X
   D. II

6. The relation of facial nerve branches to parotid gland is __________________ ?

   A. Deep
   B. Superficial
   C. In the substance of parotid
   D. None

7. Facial artery is a branch of the________________?

   A. Internal carotid artery
   B. External carotid artery
   C. Superficial temporal
   D. Maxillary artery

8. Facial artery arises at the level of________________?

   A. aboe hyoid bone
   B. Hyoid bone
   C. Above Styloid process
   D. Below hyoid bone

9. What is not true of facial artery __________________?

   A. Main source of oxygenated blood to palatine tonsil
   B. Is a branch of internal carotid artery
   C. Supplies branches to both upper and lower lips
   D. Conveys post ganglionic sympathetic nerve fibres to the submandibular gland

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

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