MCQs of General Anatomy – Muscles of Head and Neck

All of the following muscles take their origin from the outer surface of the mandible EXCEPT:

Which of the following muscles has dual nerve supply ?

All of the following muscles are elevators of the mandible EXCEPT:

the infrahyoid muscles are innervated by the:

Superior moment of eye ball is by :

Ligamentum denticulaum is:

Retraction of mandible is achieved by:

Muscle of palate , which works around hamular notch and forms a tendon is:

In facial palsy the muscle which is paralysed is:

Al are structures lying deep to the hyoglossus muscle except:

Which muscle divides the neck into anterior and posterior triangles ?

Oral diaphragm is formed by:

Which of the following muscles elevates the mandible?

Floor of mouth is made by which muscle :

Depression and Protrusion of the mandible:

IN relation to the occlusal plane following muscles are in descending order :

Muscles of mastication are supplied by:

The action of digastric muscle is:

Medial pterygoid muscle is attached to :

All of the following muscles are grouped together as “muscles of mastication” except:

Temporalis muscle originates from:

Mylohyoid muscle:

Muscle that attaches to zygomatic process of maxilla:

Muscle involved in the rotation and protrusion of the mandible

Hyperacusis is due to the damage to which of the following muscles :

Which muscles make up the pterygomandibular raphae

Muscle originating from scaphoid fossa is :

The ansa cervicalis innervates which muscle

Stapedius muscle is supplied by _________ nerve

The occulomotor nerve supplies all the muscles of eyeexcept

The antagonsitic muscle to superior rectus .

Anterior and posterior belly of digastric form an intermediate tendon that attaches to

Posterior belly of diagstric is attracted to

All of the following muscles are supplied by accessory nerve except

The occipital bone provides attachment to all except :

Which is not anterior triangle of neck:

Passavent’s muscle is formed by

Which of the following is correctly matched

Sternocleidomastoid and trapezius are supplied by

Abduction of eyeballs is by the action of

Facial muscles are derived from

Temporalis muscle is inserted into

Temporalis muscle is inserted into

Among the muscles of TMJ the following muscle opposing stabilizing and antagonistic muscle force as far as the disc is concerned

Which of the following is correct?

The disc of the tempero mandibular joint moves forward principally by:

which of the following muscles separates the carotid triangle from the digastric triangle?

The lacrimal gland is located in a groove which is overlap by

Which of the following is / are fan shaped

When the jaw is opened

Genioglossus Muscle is attached in the posterior surface of symphysis menti in the

Middle constrictor of pharynx has attachment from

The following ligaments are present in temporomandibulai joint except-

‘Wry neck’ deformity is due to the damage of:

The palatal muscle that ends in a tendon that hooks around the hamulus and is inserted in the palate is the

Which one of the following muscles of the soft palate supplied by the mandibular nerve

All of the following are digastrics, except?

Sensory nerve supply of capsule of TMJ is?

Hypolossal nerve is

Hyoglossus muscle inserts into

All of the following muscles are attached to oblique line of thyroid cartilage except

When the mouth is opened wide, modiolus becomes

The posterior bellies of digastric muscle are especially active during

All of the following muscles are attached to oblique line of thyroid cartilage except

Which of the following is not an intrinsic muscle of eye?

All of the following muscles retract scapula except:

Muscles spared by complete transaction of cranial part of accessory nerve:

Tensor palati is supplied by :

Which of the following accessory ligaments of the TMJ is likely to have significance upon mandibular movements ?