QUESTION 1
Which of the following nerve branches would most likely be involved in a patient who was unable to blow up a balloon?
Cervical branch of facial
Buccal branches of facial
Zygomatic branches of facial
Temporal branches of facial
Marginal mandibular branches of facial
QUESTION 2
The facial nerve contributes motor fibers to all but one of the following:
Stapedius muscle
Stylohyoid muscle
Sublingual gland
Parotid gland
Lacrimal gland
QUESTION 3
The chorda tympani nerve leaves the skull by exiting from the:
Stylomastoid foremen
Hiatus of the facial canal
Petrotympanic fissure
Internal acoustic meatus
Foramen spinosum
QUESTION 4
A knowledge of the cutaneous and muscular distribution of peripheral spinal nerves is of utmost importance to the neurologist because from this knowledge he can determine the segmental level of peripheral nerve injuries.
Both statement and reason are correct and related
Both statement and reason are correct but NOT related
The statement is correct but the reason is NOT
The statement is NOT correct but the reason is an accurate statement
NEITHER statement nor reason is correct
QUESTION 5
Which of the following muscles, which play a role in the depression of the mandible, is not correctly paired with its nerve supply ?
Mylohyoid - mylohyoid nerve
Anterior belly of digastric - facial nerve
Lateral pterygoid - mandibular nerve
Geniohyoid - C-1
Platysma - facial nerve
QUESTION 6
Motor (secretory) innervation to the parotid gland is conveyed by which of the following nerves ?
Greater petrosal
Glossopharyngeal
Chorda tympani
Facial
Auriculotemporal
QUESTION 7
The terminal cutaneous branches of the infraorbital nerve are distributed to all but one of the following regions:
Buccal gingiva of maxillary incisors
Skin of upper lip
Skin of the side of the nose
Conjunctiva of lower eyelid
Labial gingiva of maxillary molars
QUESTION 8
The muscle whose only action is to abduct the eyeball is innervated by the:
Abducens nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Trochlear nerve
Ophthalmic nerve
Maxillary nerve