31 - Facial nerve subdivisions and functions

Subdivisions and Functions of the Facial Nerve.



Facial Nerve Subdivision Function

Branchial motor Muscles of facial expression
Posterior belly of digastric muscle
Stylohyoid muscle
Stapedius muscle
Visceral motor Salivation—lacrimal, submandibular, and sublingual
Nasal mucosa or mucous membrane
General sensory Sensory to auricular concha
External auditory

30 - PGI Chandigarh December 2002 Anatomy Mcqs with answers

1q: which of the following are draining channels of cavernous sinus ?
a. inferior petrosal sinus
b. inferior ophthalmic vein
c. sphenoparietal sinus
d. middle cerebral vein
e. superior ophthalmic vein


answer a , e . inferior petrosal sinus drains into internal jugular vein and superior ophthalmic vein drains into facial vein

2q: Recurrent laryngeal nerve has the following course in

29 - AIIMS November 2004 anatomy mcqs with answers

1q: a posteriorly perforating ulcer in the pyloric antrum of the stomach is likely to produce initial localized peritonitis or abscess formation in the ?


a. greater sac
b. left subhepatic and hepatorenal spaces ( pouch of Morrison )
c. omental bursa
d. right subphrenic space


answer c . omental bursa

2q: knowledge of the segmental cutaneous innervation of the skin of the lower extremity is

28 - AIIMS November 2005 anatomy mcqs with answers

1q: all of the following statements about the splenic artery are true except that it ?


a. has a tortuous course
b. is a branch of coeliac trunk
c. has branches that anastomose freely within spleen
d. supplies the greater curvature of stomach


answer c . has branches that anastomose freely within spleen is a wrong statement because within the spleen it divides repeatedly to form successfully

27 - flexor retinaculum mcqs

1q: a 16 years old girl failed in her final examination. Disgusted with life, she cut across the front of the wrist at the flexor retinaculum, she was rushed to hospital . the surgeon noticed that cut was superficial . all the following structures would have been damaged except ?a. ulnar nerveb. median nervec. palmar cutaneous branch of median nerved. superficial branch of radial artery answer

26 - ulnar nerve anatomy part 2

MUSCULAR BRANCHES AND INNERVATION : the ulnar nerve and its branches innervate the following muscles in the forearm and hand: An articular branch that passes to the elbow joint while the ulnar nerve is passing between the olecranon and medial epicondyle of the humerus. In the forearm, via the muscular branches of ulnar nerve: 1. Flexor carpi ulnaris 2. Flexor digitorum profundus (medial

25 - ulnar nerve anatomy part 1

INTRODUCTION: In human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve which runs near the ulna bone. The ulnar nerve is the largest unprotected nerve in the human body (meaning, unprotected by muscle or bone), and the only unprotected nerve that does not serve a purely sensory function (those nerves specifically meant to perceive changes in the environment, such as nerves in the skin). This nerve is