Burning sensation of the tongue is called_____________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. A 40 year old woman report with the complaint of burning sensation in the mouth. Clinical examination reveals lesions consisting of radiating white striations in a retiform arrangement affecting buccal mucosa, tongue, lips & gingiva bilaterally. An incisional biopsy is suggestive of lichen planus. The following are different clinical forms of lichen planus except:

   A. Atrophic lichen planus
   B. Hypertrophic lichen planus
   C. bullous lichen planus
   D. Verrucous lichen planus

3. Cell bodies of the neurons which carry taste sensation from the anterior 2/3rd of the tongue are located in________________?

   A. Trigeminal nerve ganglion
   B. Geniculate ganglion
   C. Otic ganglion
   D. Superior cervical ganglion

4. Burning tongue might not be associated with______________?

   A. Ranula
   B. Diabetes mellitus
   C. Pernicious anaemia
   D. Local irritation

5. Which of the following muscle of tongue runs from dorsum of tongue to ventral_____________?

   A. Verticalis
   B. Superior longitudinal
   C. Inferior longitudinal
   D. Transverse

6. Preauricular pain, grating sensation and partial trismus are the symptons of______________?

   A. TMJ fibrous ankylosis
   B. TMJ bony ankylosis
   C. TMJ pain dysfurction symdnome
   D. Ear infection

7. Pain sensation from the lateral extremities is transmitted by________________?

   A. Spino thalmamic tract
   B. Dorsal column
   C. Corticospinal tract
   D. Spinocerebellar tract

8. Receptors for olfactory sensation are present in ______________?

   A. Lateral walls
   B. Nasal septum
   C. Lateral wall and nasal septum above superior concha
   D. None of the above

9. Which sensation is not lost on the side of lesion in brown sequard syndrome ?

   A. Touch
   B. Vibration sense
   C. Muscle sense
   D. Temperature

10. Afferent sensation from the lower molar teeth is carried by____________?

    A. Facial nerve
    B. Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve
    C. Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
    D. Opthalmic branch of the trigeminal