Self assessment questions on Facial nerve

ANATOMY AIIMS, GROSS ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, NEUROANATOMY, MICROANATOMY, APPLIED/ CLINICAL ANATOMY

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Hello everyone,

In this article, i am presenting to you 21 objective questions purely made by me for self assessment of knowledge gained by you about facial nerve. i hope, you all will enjoy attempting that. i have put the answers at last. hope you will enjoy this one.

so. lets attempt all the questions, evaluate yourselves and give your opinion regarding this quiz and your score too (if you want). Thank you.

Here we go....

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                   Self Assessment Questions on Facial Nerve

1.    Facial nerve is

A.  Purely motor

B.   Purely sensory

C.   Both motor and sensory

D.  Only autonomic

2.    Motor nucleus of facial nerve is present in

A.  Pons

B.   Medulla oblongata

C.   Midbrain

D.  Ponto-medullary junction

3.    Which nuclei don’t contribute to facial nerve

A.  Lacrimatory nucleus

B.   Superior salivatory nucleus

C.   Spinal nucleus of trigeminal

D.  Motor nucleus

E.   Inferior salivatory nucleus

4.    Facial colliculus is present in

A.  Vental aspect of pons

B.   Ventral aspect of medulla

C.   Dorsal aspect of medulla

D.  Floor of IVth ventricle

E.   Roof of IVth ventricle

5.    Facial colliculus is formed by

A.  Abducens nerve around facial nerve nucleus

B.   Facial nerve around abducens nerve nucleus

C.   Facial nerve around vestibular nucleus

D.  Motor nucleus of trigeminal

6.    Which is incorrect for nervus intermedius

A.  Present lateral to motor fibers of facial

B.   Present at ponto-medullary junction

C.   Has sensory fibers only

D.  Has fibers supplying choncha of external ears

E.   Thin in diameter as compared to motor fibers of facial

7.    Which is incorrect regarding facial nerve

A.  Present between lower pons and olive

B.   Present medial to abducens nerve

C.   Present medial to vestibulocochlear nerve

D.  Present in-between abducens and vestibulocochlear nerve

8.    Facial nerve doesn’t pass through

A.  Internal acoustic meatus

B.   Stylomastoid foramen

C.   Facial canal

D.  Tympanic cavity

E.   Petrotympanic fissure

9.    Chorda tympani nerve passes through

A.  Squamotympanic fissure

B.   Petrosquamous fissure

C.   Petrotympanic fissure

D.  Stylomastoid foramen

10.   Facial nerve exits the cranial cavity through ?

A.  Foramen spinosum

B.   Jugular foramen

C.   Stylomastoid foramen

D.  Foramen rotundum

11.   Which one of the following is not a branch of facial nerve?

A.  Chorda tympani

B.   Nerve to stapedius

C.   Nerve to anterior belly of diagastric

D.  Posterior auricular nerve

12.   Which one of the following is not a branch of facial nerve?

A.  Nerve to stylohyoid

B.   Greater petrosal nerve

C.   Nerve to pterygoid canal

D.  Nerve to stapedius

13.   Which one is related to pterygopalatine ganglia?

A.  Greater petrosal nerve

B.   Chorda tympani nerve

C.   Nerve to stapedius

D.  Nerve to stylohyoid

14.   Which one is NOT related to pterygopalatine ganglia?

A.  Greater petrosal nerve

B.   Deep petrosal nerve

C.   Nerve to pterygoid canal

D.  Chorda tympani

15.   Which one is not supplied by facial nerve?

A.  Tensor tympani

B.   Stapedius

C.   Posterior belly of diagastric

D.  Platysma

E.   Orbicularis oris

16.    Which one is not supplied by facial nerve?

A.  Massester

B.   Buccinators

C.   Risorius

D.  Occipital belly

E.   Levator labi superioris

17.   Which functional component is not part of facial nerve?

A.  GVE

B.   SVE

C.   GSA

D.  SSA

E.   SVA

18.    Taste sensation comes under which functional component?

A.  GVA

B.   SVA

C.   GSA

D.  SSA

19.   Which gland is not innervated by facial nerve?

A.  Parotid gland

B.   Sublingual gland

C.   Submandibular gland

D.  Lacrimal gland

20.   Facial colliculus is an example of?

A.  Bioelectromagnetism

B.   Neurobiotaxis

C.   Aberrant pathway

D.  Atavism

21.   Bell’s palsy is due to which type of injury?

A.  Supranuclear

B.   Infranuclear

C.   Nuclear

D.  Brainstem

 

ANSWERS----

1.    C

2.    A

3.    E

4.    D

5.    B

6.    C

7.    B

8.    E

9.    C

10.   C

11.    C

12.    C

13.    A

14.    D

15.    A

16.    A

17.    D

18.    B

19.    A

20.     B

21.     B

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Dr. Rajesh kumar