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

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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. Anterior 2/3rd of tongue arises from____________?

   A. Hypobranchial eminence
   B. Two lingual swellings
   C. Tuberculum impar
   D. B & C

3. In which of the following papillae of the tongue are the taste buds predominantly located ?

   A. Circumvallate
   B. Filiform
   C. Foliate
   D. Fungi form

4. In which of the following papillae of the tongue are the taste buds predominantly located ?

   A. Circumvallate
   B. Filliform
   C. Foliate
   D. Fungiform

5. Burning sensation of the tongue is called_____________?

   A. Glossopyrosis
   B. Glossodynia
   C. Glossitis
   D. Glossolgia

6. 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

7. Taste sensations from the posterior one- third of the tongue are carried by _______ cranial nerve?

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

8. In the tongue bitter taste is more perceived at_____________?

   A. Tip
   B. Sides
   C. Back
   D. Front

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

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

10. Presence of Verocay bodies and having predeliction for occurrence in the tongue are seen in _______________?

    A. Granular cell myoblastoma
    B. Neurilemmoma
    C. Neurofibroma
    D. Metaplasia