Head and Neck in Human Anatomy MCQ Questions and Answers

1. The foramen rotundum transmits which cranial nerve?
A) Oculomotor nerve
B) Maxillary nerve
C) Mandibular nerve
D) Trochlear nerve
Answer: B) Maxillary nerve

2. Which muscle is pierced by the parotid duct?
A) Buccinator
B) Masseter
C) Orbicularis oris
D) Temporalis
Answer: A) Buccinator

3. The cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone transmits which structure?
A) Optic nerve
B) Olfactory nerve filaments
C) Oculomotor nerve
D) Abducent nerve
Answer: B) Olfactory nerve filaments

4. Which artery is the main blood supply of the face?
A) Facial artery
B) Superficial temporal artery
C) Maxillary artery
D) Transverse facial artery
Answer: A) Facial artery

5. Which cranial nerve supplies the tensor tympani muscle?
A) Facial nerve
B) Mandibular nerve
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Vagus nerve
Answer: B) Mandibular nerve

6. The anterior belly of the digastric muscle is derived from which pharyngeal arch?
A) First pharyngeal arch
B) Second pharyngeal arch
C) Third pharyngeal arch
D) Fourth pharyngeal arch
Answer: A) First pharyngeal arch

7. The stylopharyngeus muscle is innervated by which cranial nerve?
A) Facial nerve
B) Vagus nerve
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Hypoglossal nerve
Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal nerve

8. The danger area of the face drains into which venous structure?
A) Cavernous sinus
B) Internal jugular vein
C) External jugular vein
D) Submental vein
Answer: A) Cavernous sinus

9. The pterion overlies which part of the brain?
A) Frontal lobe
B) Temporal lobe
C) Parietal lobe
D) Occipital lobe
Answer: B) Temporal lobe

10. The sensory supply to the posterior one-third of the tongue is via:
A) Lingual nerve
B) Chorda tympani
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Vagus nerve
Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal nerve

11. The muscle that depresses the mandible is:
A) Medial pterygoid
B) Lateral pterygoid
C) Masseter
D) Temporalis
Answer: B) Lateral pterygoid

12. Which of the following structures passes through the foramen spinosum?
A) Mandibular nerve
B) Middle meningeal artery
C) Internal carotid artery
D) Inferior alveolar nerve
Answer: B) Middle meningeal artery

13. The internal jugular vein is a continuation of which sinus?
A) Straight sinus
B) Sigmoid sinus
C) Transverse sinus
D) Cavernous sinus
Answer: B) Sigmoid sinus

14. Which muscle forms the floor of the posterior triangle of the neck?
A) Levator scapulae
B) Scalenus medius
C) Omohyoid
D) Sternocleidomastoid
Answer: B) Scalenus medius

15. The recurrent laryngeal nerve supplies all intrinsic muscles of larynx except:
A) Posterior cricoarytenoid
B) Lateral cricoarytenoid
C) Cricothyroid
D) Thyroarytenoid
Answer: C) Cricothyroid

16. The ophthalmic artery is a branch of which artery?
A) External carotid artery
B) Internal carotid artery
C) Maxillary artery
D) Facial artery
Answer: B) Internal carotid artery

17. The hypoglossal nerve supplies all muscles of tongue except:
A) Palatoglossus
B) Genioglossus
C) Hyoglossus
D) Styloglossus
Answer: A) Palatoglossus

18. The vertebral artery enters the skull through which foramen?
A) Foramen ovale
B) Foramen magnum
C) Jugular foramen
D) Hypoglossal canal
Answer: B) Foramen magnum

19. The middle ear cavity develops from which pharyngeal pouch?
A) First pharyngeal pouch
B) Second pharyngeal pouch
C) Third pharyngeal pouch
D) Fourth pharyngeal pouch
Answer: A) First pharyngeal pouch

20. The nucleus ambiguus gives motor fibers to which cranial nerves?
A) VII, IX, X
B) IX, X, XI
C) IX, X, XI (cranial part)
D) V, VII, IX
Answer: C) IX, X, XI (cranial part)

21. The parasympathetic supply to the parotid gland comes from which nerve?
A) Facial nerve
B) Vagus nerve
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Trigeminal nerve
Answer: C) Glossopharyngeal nerve

22. The mastoid air cells communicate with:
A) External auditory canal
B) Middle ear cavity
C) Inner ear
D) Nasopharynx
Answer: B) Middle ear cavity

23. The soft palate is elevated by which muscle?
A) Tensor veli palatini
B) Levator veli palatini
C) Palatoglossus
D) Palatopharyngeus
Answer: B) Levator veli palatini

24. The main arterial supply of the scalp in the temporal region is from:
A) Posterior auricular artery
B) Superficial temporal artery
C) Occipital artery
D) Facial artery
Answer: B) Superficial temporal artery

25. The temporomandibular joint is what type of joint?
A) Hinge joint
B) Plane joint
C) Synovial condylar joint
D) Pivot joint
Answer: C) Synovial condylar joint

26. The muscle responsible for opening the auditory tube during swallowing is:
A) Palatopharyngeus
B) Tensor veli palatini
C) Levator veli palatini
D) Stylopharyngeus
Answer: B) Tensor veli palatini

27. The main venous drainage of the orbit is through:
A) Maxillary vein
B) Superior ophthalmic vein
C) Deep facial vein
D) Retromandibular vein
Answer: B) Superior ophthalmic vein

28. The only muscle of the soft palate not supplied by the pharyngeal plexus is:
A) Palatopharyngeus
B) Levator veli palatini
C) Tensor veli palatini
D) Musculus uvulae
Answer: C) Tensor veli palatini

29. The sensory nerve of the laryngeal mucosa above the vocal cords is:
A) Recurrent laryngeal nerve
B) Glossopharyngeal nerve
C) Internal laryngeal nerve
D) External laryngeal nerve
Answer: C) Internal laryngeal nerve

30. The cricothyroid muscle acts to:
A) Close the glottis
B) Abduct the vocal cords
C) Tense the vocal cords
D) Shorten the vocal cords
Answer: C) Tense the vocal cords

31. The carotid body acts primarily as a:
A) Pressure receptor
B) Chemoreceptor
C) Stretch receptor
D) Temperature sensor
Answer: B) Chemoreceptor

32. The occipital belly of occipitofrontalis is supplied by:
A) Facial nerve – buccal branch
B) Facial nerve – posterior auricular branch
C) Greater occipital nerve
D) Lesser occipital nerve
Answer: B) Facial nerve – posterior auricular branch

33. The submandibular duct opens into the mouth at:
A) Behind the molars
B) Beside the frenulum of the tongue
C) Hard–soft palate junction
D) Under the tongue base
Answer: B) Beside the frenulum of the tongue

34. Which of the following passes through the jugular foramen?
A) Glossopharyngeal nerve
B) Hypoglossal nerve
C) Facial nerve
D) Trigeminal nerve
Answer: A) Glossopharyngeal nerve

35. The trochlea for the superior oblique muscle of the eye is located on which bone?
A) Frontal bone
B) Sphenoid bone
C) Ethmoid bone
D) Zygomatic bone
Answer: A) Frontal bone

36. The nerve that carries parasympathetic fibers to the lacrimal gland is:
A) Facial nerve
B) Oculomotor nerve
C) Trigeminal nerve
D) Trochlear nerve
Answer: A) Facial nerve

37. The retromandibular vein is formed by the union of:
A) Superficial temporal and maxillary veins
B) Superficial temporal and maxillary veins
C) Facial and posterior auricular veins
D) External and internal jugular veins
Answer: B) Superficial temporal and maxillary veins

38. The pharyngeal tonsil is located in the:
A) Oropharynx
B) Nasopharynx
C) Laryngopharynx
D) Oral cavity
Answer: B) Nasopharynx

39. The nerve that supplies the stapedius muscle is:
A) Facial nerve
B) Glossopharyngeal nerve
C) Vagus nerve
D) Trigeminal nerve
Answer: A) Facial nerve

40. The lateral wall of the nasal cavity contains which structure?
A) Conchae (turbinates)
B) Nasal septum
C) Cribriform plate
D) Sphenoidal sinus
Answer: A) Conchae (turbinates)

41. The hypoglossal canal transmits:
A) Hypoglossal nerve
B) Glossopharyngeal nerve
C) Accessory nerve
D) Internal carotid artery
Answer: A) Hypoglossal nerve

42. The posterior belly of the digastric muscle is supplied by:
A) Mandibular nerve
B) Facial nerve
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Hypoglossal nerve
Answer: B) Facial nerve

43. The superior cervical sympathetic ganglion supplies:
A) Laryngeal muscles
B) Facial muscles
C) Dilator pupillae and sweat glands
D) Salivary glands
Answer: C) Dilator pupillae and sweat glands

44. The superior oblique muscle of the eye acts to:
A) Elevate and adduct
B) Depress and abduct
C) Elevate and abduct
D) Depress and adduct
Answer: B) Depress and abduct

45. The cricothyroid joint permits which movement?
A) Rotation
B) Gliding and tilting
C) Pivoting
D) Flexion
Answer: B) Gliding and tilting

46. The structure forming the medial boundary of the posterior triangle of the neck is:
A) Sternocleidomastoid
B) Trapezius
C) Clavicle
D) Omohyoid
Answer: A) Sternocleidomastoid

47. The only cranial nerve that emerges from the dorsal aspect of the brainstem is:
A) Oculomotor nerve
B) Trochlear nerve
C) Abducent nerve
D) Vagus nerve
Answer: B) Trochlear nerve

48. The platysma muscle is derived from which embryological arch?
A) Second pharyngeal arch
B) First pharyngeal arch
C) Third pharyngeal arch
D) Fourth pharyngeal arch
Answer: A) Second pharyngeal arch

49. The sensory supply of the cornea is from:
A) Oculomotor nerve
B) Nasociliary nerve
C) Facial nerve
D) Trochlear nerve
Answer: B) Nasociliary nerve

50. The floor of the third ventricle corresponds to which structure in the hypothalamus?
A) Mammillary bodies
B) Optic chiasma and tuber cinereum
C) Infundibulum and fornix
D) Lamina terminalis
Answer: B) Optic chiasma and tuber cinereum

51. The posterior auricular vein drains into which larger vein?
A) Facial vein
B) External jugular vein
C) Retromandibular vein
D) Internal jugular vein
Answer: B) External jugular vein

52. The artery that supplies the upper lip is a branch of which vessel?
A) Maxillary artery
B) Facial artery
C) Transverse facial artery
D) Inferior alveolar artery
Answer: B) Facial artery

53. The lymph from the tip of the tongue drains primarily into:
A) Submandibular lymph nodes
B) Submental lymph nodes
C) Deep cervical lymph nodes
D) Retropharyngeal lymph nodes
Answer: B) Submental lymph nodes

54. The thyrohyoid membrane is pierced by which structures?
A) Superior laryngeal vessels and internal laryngeal nerve
B) External laryngeal nerve only
C) Superior thyroid artery only
D) Recurrent laryngeal nerve
Answer: A) Superior laryngeal vessels and internal laryngeal nerve

55. The submandibular ganglion is functionally associated with which cranial nerve?
A) Facial nerve
B) Glossopharyngeal nerve
C) Vagus nerve
D) Trigeminal nerve
Answer: A) Facial nerve

56. The nerve that carries the secretomotor fibers to the parotid gland is the:
A) Facial nerve
B) Auriculotemporal nerve
C) Lingual nerve
D) Chorda tympani
Answer: B) Auriculotemporal nerve

57. Which of the following is not a muscle of the tongue?
A) Genioglossus
B) Hyoglossus
C) Stylopharyngeus
D) Styloglossus
Answer: C) Stylopharyngeus

58. The nerve that supplies the mylohyoid muscle is a branch of:
A) Lingual nerve
B) Inferior alveolar nerve
C) Facial nerve
D) Glossopharyngeal nerve
Answer: B) Inferior alveolar nerve

59. The common carotid artery bifurcates at the level of which vertebra?
A) C2
B) C4
C) C6
D) T1
Answer: B) C4

60. The blood supply to the thyroid gland is mainly derived from:
A) Superior and inferior thyroid arteries
B) Lingual and facial arteries
C) External and internal carotid arteries
D) Ascending pharyngeal and maxillary arteries
Answer: A) Superior and inferior thyroid arteries

61. The middle constrictor of the pharynx arises from:
A) Hyoid bone
B) Thyroid cartilage
C) Cricoid cartilage
D) Styloid process
Answer: A) Hyoid bone

62. The spinal accessory nerve exits the skull through which foramen?
A) Foramen magnum
B) Jugular foramen
C) Hypoglossal canal
D) Foramen ovale
Answer: B) Jugular foramen

63. The carotid sheath contains all of the following except:
A) External carotid artery
B) Internal carotid artery
C) Vagus nerve
D) Internal jugular vein
Answer: A) External carotid artery

64. The platysma muscle is innervated by which branch of the facial nerve?
A) Temporal branch
B) Buccal branch
C) Cervical branch
D) Mandibular branch
Answer: C) Cervical branch

65. The superior thyroid artery is a branch of which main artery?
A) External carotid artery
B) Internal carotid artery
C) Common carotid artery
D) Thyrocervical trunk
Answer: A) External carotid artery

66. The posterior triangle of the neck contains which nerve?
A) Hypoglossal nerve
B) Spinal accessory nerve
C) Vagus nerve
D) Glossopharyngeal nerve
Answer: B) Spinal accessory nerve

67. The thyrocervical trunk arises from which artery?
A) Subclavian artery
B) Common carotid artery
C) Brachiocephalic trunk
D) Vertebral artery
Answer: A) Subclavian artery

68. The internal jugular vein joins which vein to form the brachiocephalic vein?
A) External jugular vein
B) Subclavian vein
C) Vertebral vein
D) Inferior thyroid vein
Answer: B) Subclavian vein

69. The nerve responsible for taste sensation in the anterior two-thirds of the tongue is:
A) Chorda tympani
B) Glossopharyngeal nerve
C) Lingual nerve
D) Vagus nerve
Answer: A) Chorda tympani

70. The internal carotid artery passes through which part of the temporal bone?
A) Mastoid part
B) Petrous part
C) Squamous part
D) Tympanic part
Answer: B) Petrous part

71. The lymphatic drainage of the tonsil primarily goes to:
A) Submental nodes
B) Submandibular nodes
C) Jugulodigastric lymph node
D) Deep cervical chain
Answer: C) Jugulodigastric lymph node

72. The thyroglossal duct normally disappears by which week of gestation?
A) 4th week
B) 8th week
C) 10th week
D) 12th week
Answer: B) 8th week

73. The muscle responsible for closing the lips is:
A) Zygomaticus major
B) Orbicularis oris
C) Buccinator
D) Levator labii superioris
Answer: B) Orbicularis oris

74. The cavernous sinus receives blood directly from which vein?
A) Facial vein
B) Superior ophthalmic vein
C) Retromandibular vein
D) Submental vein
Answer: B) Superior ophthalmic vein

75. The artery passing through the transverse foramina of cervical vertebrae is:
A) Vertebral artery
B) Thyrocervical trunk
C) Inferior thyroid artery
D) Ascending pharyngeal artery
Answer: A) Vertebral artery

76. The facial canal is located in which part of the temporal bone?
A) Squamous part
B) Petrous part
C) Tympanic part
D) Mastoid part
Answer: B) Petrous part

77. The lacrimal sac drains into which structure?
A) Nasopharynx
B) Inferior meatus of the nose
C) Middle meatus
D) Superior meatus
Answer: B) Inferior meatus of the nose

78. The maxillary sinus opens into which nasal meatus?
A) Middle meatus
B) Inferior meatus
C) Superior meatus
D) Common meatus
Answer: A) Middle meatus

79. The nerve responsible for motor supply to extraocular muscles (except two) is:
A) Trochlear nerve
B) Oculomotor nerve
C) Abducent nerve
D) Trigeminal nerve
Answer: B) Oculomotor nerve

80. The sphenoid sinus is related superiorly to which structure?
A) Optic chiasma
B) Pituitary gland
C) Both A and B
D) Internal carotid artery
Answer: C) Both A and B

81. The pterygoid venous plexus communicates directly with the:
A) Cavernous sinus
B) Facial vein
C) Retromandibular vein
D) Jugular bulb
Answer: B) Facial vein

82. The auriculotemporal nerve is a branch of which division of trigeminal nerve?
A) Ophthalmic
B) Mandibular
C) Maxillary
D) None of these
Answer: B) Mandibular

83. The sensory nerve of the external acoustic meatus is mainly derived from:
A) Glossopharyngeal nerve
B) Auriculotemporal nerve
C) Vagus nerve
D) Facial nerve
Answer: B) Auriculotemporal nerve

84. The tensor tympani muscle is supplied by:
A) Facial nerve
B) Mandibular nerve (branch of V3)
C) Glossopharyngeal nerve
D) Vagus nerve
Answer: B) Mandibular nerve (branch of V3)

85. The tympanic membrane receives innervation from all the following except:
A) Auriculotemporal nerve
B) Lingual nerve
C) Auricular branch of vagus nerve
D) Glossopharyngeal nerve
Answer: B) Lingual nerve

86. The pterygopalatine ganglion is located in relation to which nerve?
A) Mandibular nerve
B) Maxillary nerve
C) Ophthalmic nerve
D) Facial nerve
Answer: B) Maxillary nerve

87. The largest of the paranasal air sinuses is:
A) Frontal sinus
B) Ethmoidal sinus
C) Sphenoidal sinus
D) Maxillary sinus
Answer: D) Maxillary sinus

88. The main arterial supply to the nasal septum is from:
A) Sphenopalatine artery
B) Greater palatine artery
C) Superior labial artery
D) Posterior ethmoidal artery
Answer: A) Sphenopalatine artery

89. The Kiesselbach’s plexus (Little’s area) is located in which part of the nose?
A) Lateral wall
B) Roof
C) Anterior part of nasal septum
D) Posterior part of nasal cavity
Answer: C) Anterior part of nasal septum

90. The muscles of mastication are derived from which pharyngeal arch?
A) First pharyngeal arch
B) Second pharyngeal arch
C) Third pharyngeal arch
D) Fourth pharyngeal arch
Answer: A) First pharyngeal arch

91. The optic canal transmits which of the following?
A) Optic nerve and ophthalmic artery
B) Oculomotor nerve and ophthalmic artery
C) Optic nerve and superior ophthalmic vein
D) Abducent nerve and ophthalmic artery
Answer: A) Optic nerve and ophthalmic artery

92. The submental triangle contains which of the following structures?
A) Submandibular gland
B) Submental lymph nodes
C) Carotid artery
D) Internal jugular vein
Answer: B) Submental lymph nodes

93. The posterior cranial fossa contains which part of the brain?
A) Cerebral hemispheres
B) Diencephalon
C) Cerebellum and brainstem
D) Corpus callosum
Answer: C) Cerebellum and brainstem

94. The hard palate is formed by which bones?
A) Palatine process of maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone
B) Maxilla and vomer
C) Palatine and sphenoid
D) Maxilla and zygomatic
Answer: A) Palatine process of maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone

95. The temporalis muscle inserts into which structure?
A) Zygomatic arch
B) Coronoid process of mandible
C) Ramus of mandible
D) Angle of mandible
Answer: B) Coronoid process of mandible

96. The frontal sinus opens into:
A) Inferior meatus
B) Superior meatus
C) Middle meatus
D) Common meatus
Answer: C) Middle meatus

97. The facial nerve exits the skull through which foramen?
A) Stylomastoid foramen
B) Jugular foramen
C) Foramen ovale
D) Hypoglossal canal
Answer: A) Stylomastoid foramen

98. The mandibular foramen transmits which structure?
A) Lingual nerve
B) Inferior alveolar nerve
C) Buccal nerve
D) Mental nerve
Answer: B) Inferior alveolar nerve

99. The cricoid cartilage corresponds to which vertebral level?
A) C3
B) C4
C) C5
D) C6
Answer: D) C6

100. The most superficial layer of the scalp is:
A) Skin
B) Connective tissue
C) Aponeurosis
D) Pericranium
Answer: A) Skin