Rigidity of facial muscles Risus sardonicus is associated with______________?

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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. 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

3. Facial muscles are derived from_________________?

   A. 1st branchial arch
   B. 2ndbranchial arch
   C. 3rdbranchial arch
   D. 4thbranchial arch

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

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

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

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

6. All of the following muscles are grouped together as “muscles of mastication” except_______________?

   A. Buccinator
   B. Masseter
   C. Temporalis
   D. Pterygoids

7. Mask-like appearance of face with narrowing of aperture and rigidity of the mucosa is characteristic of______________?

   A. Progressive systemic sclerosis
   B. Tetanus
   C. Multiple sclerosis
   D. Osteomalacia

8. Neurological symptoms and premature graying of hair is associated with______________?

   A. Folic acid deficiency
   B. Pernicious anaemia
   C. Plummer-Vinson syndrome
   D. Paterson-Kelly syndrome

9. ID reaction is associated with______________?

   A. apthous ulcer
   B. herpetic stomatitis
   C. syphilis
   D. candidiasis

10. Pierre Robin syndrome is associated with______________?

    A. Micrognathia
    B. Cleft of the lip and plate
    C. Tetrology of fallot
    D. Syndactally