KPSC SET 18
[Link] of the following arteries is NOT a branch of the external
carotid artery?
a. Superior thyroid artery
b. Lingual artery
c. Supraorbital artery
d. Posterior auricular artery
[Link] of the following is a branch of the internal carotid artery?
a. Facial artery
b. Occipital artery
c. Inferior thyroid artery
d. Ophthalmic artery
[Link] lingual artery, supplying the tongue, arises from which of the
following arteries?
a. External carotid artery
b. Internal carotid artery
c. Facial artery
d. Maxillary artery
[Link] maxillary artery is a terminal branch of which of the following
arteries?
a. External carotid artery
b. Subclavian artery
c. Internal carotid artery
d. Vertebral artery
[Link] facial vein primarily drains into which of the following veins?
a. External jugular vein
b. Subclavian vein
c. Internal jugular vein
d. Pterygoid plexus
[Link] pterygoid venous plexus has important communication with
which dural venous sinus?
a. Superior sagittal sinus
b. Transverse sinus
c. Cavernous sinus
d. Sigmoid sinus
7. within the “danger triangle” of the face can lead to thrombosis of
which venous sinus?
a. Superior sagittal sinus
b. Transverse sinus
c. Cavernous sinus
d. Confluence of sinuses
[Link] dural venous sinus drains directly into the internal jugular
vein?
a. Superior sagittal sinus
b. Sigmoid sinus
c. Cavernous sinus
d. Straight sinus
[Link] neuralgia most commonly affects which branches of the
trigeminal nerve?
a. Ophthalmic (V1) and Maxillary (V2)
b. Maxillary (V2) and Mandibular (V3)
c. Ophthalmic (V1) and Mandibular (V3)
d. Only the Ophthalmic (V1)
[Link] motor fibers that innervate the muscles of mastication travel
in which trigeminal branch?
a. Ophthalmic (V1)
b. Maxillary (V2)
c. Mandibular (V3)
d. Facial (VII)
[Link] of the following is NOT a function of the mandibular (V3)
division of the trigeminal nerve?
a. Sensation to lower teeth
b. Motor to the tensor tympani
c. Parasympathetic innervation to the parotid gland
d. Sensation to the anterior two-thirds of the tongue
[Link] nerve provides general sensation to the anterior two-thirds
of the tongue?
a. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
b. Lingual nerve (branch of V3)
c. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
d. Chorda tympani (branch of VII)
[Link] nerve carries taste sensation from the anterior two-thirds
of the tongue?
a. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
b. Lingual nerve (branch of V3)
c. Chorda tympani (branch of VII)
d. Vagus nerve (X)
[Link] from corneal irritation (e.g., corneal reflex afferent) is carried
by which nerve?
a. Facial nerve (VII)
b. Trigeminal nerve (ophthalmic V1)
c. Oculomotor nerve (III)
d. Optic nerve (II)
[Link] efferent limb of the corneal (blink) reflex is mediated by
which nerve?
a. Trigeminal nerve (V)
b. Facial nerve (VII)
c. Oculomotor nerve (III)
d. Abducens nerve (VI)
16Which cranial nerve provides motor innervation to the muscles of
facial expression?
a. Trigeminal nerve (V)
b. Facial nerve (VII)
c. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link]’s palsy (idiopathic facial paralysis) involves which cranial
nerve?
a. Trigeminal nerve (V)
b. Facial nerve (VII)
c. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
d. Vagus nerve (X)
[Link] nerve supplies motor innervation to the stylopharyngeus
muscle?
a. Vagus nerve (X)
b. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
c. Trigeminal nerve (V)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] carotid sinus baroreceptor afferent fibers travel through
which nerve?
a. Vagus nerve (X)
b. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
c. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
d. Facial nerve (VII)
[Link] nerve carries parasympathetic secretomotor fibers to the
parotid gland?
a. Facial nerve (VII) via chorda tympani
b. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) via lesser petrosal
c. Vagus nerve (X) via auricular branch
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, which
supplies the cricothyroid muscle, branches from which nerve?
a. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
b. Facial nerve (VII)
c. Vagus nerve (X)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] intrinsic laryngeal muscles (except the cricothyroid) are
innervated by which nerve?
a. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
b. Recurrent laryngeal nerve (branch of X)
c. Superior laryngeal nerve (branch of X)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] cranial nerve provides taste sensation from the posterior
one-third of the tongue?
a. Facial nerve (VII)
b. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
c. Vagus nerve (X)
d. Trigeminal nerve (V)
[Link] nerve provides the efferent limb of the gag reflex?
a. Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
b. Vagus nerve (X)
c. Trigeminal nerve (V)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] inferior alveolar nerve, which innervates the mandibular
teeth, is a branch of which cranial nerve?
a. Trigeminal nerve (V2)
b. Trigeminal nerve (V3)
c. Facial nerve (VII)
d. Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
[Link] which foramen does the mandibular (V3) division of the
trigeminal nerve exit the skull?
a. Foramen rotundum
b. Foramen ovale
c. Foramen spinosum
d. Jugular foramen
[Link] superior thyroid artery arises directly from which major
artery?
a. Common carotid artery
b. External carotid artery
c. Internal carotid artery
d. Subclavian artery
[Link] innervation to the submandibular gland is
carried by which nerve?
a. Glossopharyngeal (IX) via lesser petrosal nerve
b. Facial (VII) via chorda tympani nerve
c. Vagus (X) via auricular branch
d. Hypoglossal (XII)
[Link] which foramen does the maxillary (V2) division of the
trigeminal nerve exit the skull?
a. Foramen rotundum
b. Foramen ovale
c. Foramen spinosum
d. Jugular foramen
[Link] to the right hypoglossal nerve (XII) will cause the tongue
to deviate in which direction when protruded?
a. To the right (ipsilateral side)
b. To the left (contralateral side)
c. It will not deviate
d. Midline with upward curl
