Vascular Supply of Head and Neck Most Important MCQs

1 - All of the following are true of maxillary artery except___________________?

A. The branches of maxillary artery accompany the branches of maxillary nerve

B. It is one of the terminal branches of ECA

C. It passes deep between the two heads of lateral pterygoid muscle into the pterygo palatine fossa

D. It is the arterial supply for mandible

The branches of maxillary artery accompany the branches of maxillary nerve

2 - All of the following supply TMJ except_____________?

A. External carotid artery

B. Internal Maxillary artery

C. Transverse facial artery

D. Branches supplying lateral pterygoid

Transverse facial artery

3 - All the following are branches of external carotid artery except _____________?

A. Superior thyroid artery

B. Anterior ethmoidal artery

C. Posterior auricular artery

D. Occipital artery

Anterior ethmoidal artery

4 - Anterior spinal artery is a branch of____________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. Basilar artery

C. Vertebral artery

D. Labyrinthine artery

Vertebral artery

5 - Arterial supply of Submandibular gland is through which branch of ECA________________?

A. Ascending pharyngeal

B. Superior pharyngeal

C. Maxillary

D. None of the above

None of the above

6 - Artery palpable ar the anterior border of masserter is _________ artery?

A. Maxillary

B. Faical

C. Lingual

D. Superficial temporal

Faical

7 - Ascending palatine artery is a branch of_____________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Facial artery

D. Ascending pharyngeal artery

Ascending pharyngeal artery

8 - Auditory tube is supplied by__________________?

A. Ascending pharyngeal

B. Middle meningeal

C. Artery of pterygoid canal

D. All of the above

All of the above

9 - Blood supply of coronoid process of mandible is primarily from_____________?

A. Inferior alveolar artery

B. Deep temporal artery

C. Facial artery

D. Middle meningeal artery

Deep temporal artery

10 - Carotid sheath contains all except______________?

A. Vagus nerve

B. Internal carotid artery

C. Common carotid artery

D. External carotid artery

External carotid artery

11 - Carotid sheath contains all except______________?

A. Carotid artery

B. Internal jugular vein

C. Vagus nerve

D. Phrenic nerve

Phrenic nerve

12 - Common cartotia artery divides to ICA & ECA at______________?

A. Cricoid cartilage

B. Thyroid cartilage

C. 1st tracheal ring

D. Cricothyroid membrane

1st tracheal ring

13 - Danger area of face is called because of connection of facial veins to cavernous sinus through______________?

A. Transverse facial vein

B. Superior ophthalmic vein

C. Maxillary vein

D. Ethmoidal vein

Superior ophthalmic vein

14 - Dangerous area of the face is________________?

A. Above the line joining tragus to the nasal fold

B. Area drained by angular facial vein

C. Spheno – ethmoidal recess

D. All of the above

Area drained by angular facial vein

15 - External maxillary artery is a branch of_____________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Second part of trigeminal

D. Facial artery

External carotid artery

16 - Facial artery arises at the level of________________?

A. aboe hyoid bone

B. Hyoid bone

C. Above Styloid process

D. Below hyoid bone

aboe hyoid bone

17 - Facial artery is a branch of the________________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Superficial temporal

D. Maxillary artery

External carotid artery

18 - Facial vein communicates with the cavernous sinus through______________?

A. Retromolar vein and internal jugular vein

B. External jugular vein and internal jugular vein

C. Internal jugular vein and retromandibular vein

D. Superior ophtalmic vein and pterygoid venous plexus

Superior ophtalmic vein and pterygoid venous plexus

19 - First branch of external carotid artery is______________?

A. Facial artery

B. Ascending pharyngeal artery

C. Occipital artery

D. Lingual artery

Ascending pharyngeal artery

20 - Foramen transversarium transmit________________?

A. Inferior jugular vein

B. Inferior petrosal sinus

C. Sigmoid sinus

D. Vertebral artery

Vertebral artery

21 - Hypophysis cerebri is supplied by________________?

A. Internal carotid

B. External carotid

C. Maxillary artery

D. Facial artery

Internal carotid

22 - Infection spreading via lymphatics from the lower lip first enter the blood stream at the___________?

A. Brachiocephalic vein

B. Inferior labial vein

C. Inferior labial artery

D. Pterygoid venous plexus

Brachiocephalic vein

23 - Injury to one of the following arteries results in extradural hematoma_______________?

A. Middle meningeal artery

B. Facial artery

C. Temporal artery

D. Anterior cerebral artery

Middle meningeal artery

24 - Internal carotid artery at the bifurcation from the common carotid is________________?

A. Lateral to the external carotid

B. Medial to external carotid

C. Posterior to external carotid

D. Anterior to external carotid

Lateral to the external carotid

25 - Internal jugular vein is a continuation of______________?

A. Common Facial Vein

B. External Jugular Vein

C. Sigmoid Sinus

D. Superior Petrosal Sinus

Sigmoid Sinus

26 - Internal thoracic veins are tributaries of the______________?

A. Azygos

B. Subclavian

C. Internal jugular

D. Brachiocephalic

Brachiocephalic

27 - Largest vein of face is_______________?

A. Facial vein

B. Retromandibular vein

C. Posterior auricular

D. Supratrochlear

Facial vein

28 - Lingual artery is a branch of _____________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Subclavian artery

D. Maxillary artery

External carotid artery

29 - Little's area constitutes______________?

A. Anastamosis between branch of maxillary artery and the branch of bacial artery

B. Anastomeses between two branches of facial artery

C. Anastomeses between two branches of maxillary artery

D. None of the above

Anastamosis between branch of maxillary artery and the branch of bacial artery

30 - Lymph from the teeth drains into all of the following nodes EXCEPT______________?

A. Sub mandibular nodes

B. Deep cervical nodes

C. Retro pharyngeal nodes

D. Sub mental nodes

Retro pharyngeal nodes

31 - Maxillary artery is a branch for______________?

A. External carotid artery

B. Internal carotid artery

C. Trigeminal artery

D. Facial artery

External carotid artery

32 - Middle meningeal artery is direct branch of_______________?

A. External carotid artery

B. Internal maxillary artery

C. Superficial temporal artery

D. Middle cerebral artery

Internal maxillary artery

33 - Middle thyroid vein drains into _______ vein?

A. External jugular

B. Anterior jugular

C. Internal jugular

D. Brachio cephalic

Internal jugular

34 - Occipital artery is a branch of _________________?

A. Internal carotid artery

B. Posterior branch of External carotid

C. Medial branch of external carotid

D. Anterior branch of external carotid

Posterior branch of External carotid

35 - Ophthalmic artery is a branch of _________ part of internal carotid artery ?

A. Intracavernous

B. Intrapetrous

C. Inracerebral

D. Extra cranial

Inracerebral

36 - Ophthalmic artery is a branch of_________________?

A. Maxillary artery

B. Sphenopalatine artery

C. ICA

D. ECA

ICA

37 - Opthalmic artery is the branch of part of _________ internal carotid artery ?

A. Intra cavernous

B. Intra petrous

C. Intra cerebral

D. Extra cranial

Intra cerebral

38 - Origin of maxillary artery ________________?

A. Angle of mandible

B. Neck of condyle

C. Body of mandible

D. Coronoid

Neck of condyle

39 - Posterior communicating artery is a branch of _______________?

A. Middle cerebral artery

B. External carotid artery

C. Internal carotid artery

D. Ophthamic artery

Internal carotid artery

40 - Pulsations felt in the suprasternal space are probably due to ____________?

A. Subclavian artery

B. Common carotid artery

C. Inferior thyroid artery

D. Vertebral artery

Inferior thyroid artery

41 - Right anterior quadrant of the scalp is supplied by the following arteries EXCEPT______________?

A. Right supra orbital artery

B. Right supra trochlear artery

C. Right superficial temporal artery

D. Right maxillary artery

Right maxillary artery

42 - Soft palate is supplied by________________?

A. Greater palatine artery

B. Ascending palatine artery

C. Ascending pharyngeal artery

D. All of the above

All of the above

43 - Submandibular gland is supplied by_____________?

A. Lingual artery

B. Facial artery

C. Submandibular artery

D. Inferior alveolar artery

Facial artery

44 - Superior thyroid artery accompanies which nerve ?

A. External laryngeal

B. Internal laryngeal

C. Superior laryngeal

D. C and A

External laryngeal

45 - Superior vena cava is formed by______________?

A. Subclavian vein

B. Internal jugular vein

C. External jugular vein

D. Brachiocephalic

Brachiocephalic

46 - That is not true for facial artery ?

A. Main source of blood supply to palatine tonsil

B. Supplies branches to upper and lower lips

C. Conveys post ganglionic sympathetic fibers to submandibulr gland

D. Is a branch of internal carotid artery

Is a branch of internal carotid artery

47 - The arterial supply of trachea is by the____________?

A. Bronchial artery

B. Tracheal artery

C. Inferior thyroid artery

D. Superior thyroid artery

Inferior thyroid artery

48 - The artery , which runs along , the lower border of posterior belly of digastric is_______________?

A. Lingual

B. Ascending pharyngeal

C. Occipital

D. Palatine

Occipital

49 - The ascending palatine artery is a branch of ________________?

A. Ascending pharyngeal artery

B. First part of the facial artery

C. Pterygopalatine part of the maxillary artery

D. Sphenopalatine theory

First part of the facial artery

50 - The blood supply of tonsils is_____________?

A. Lingual artery

B. Superior thyroid artery

C. Facial artery

D. Pharyngeal artery

Facial artery

51 - The cavernous sinu does not communicate with the_____________?

A. Opthalumic vein

B. Internal jugular vein

C. External jugular vein

D. Pterygoid plexus

External jugular vein

52 - The cavernous sinus communicates directly with all , except_______________?

A. Inferior petrosal sinus

B. Pterygoid venous plexus

C. Veins in orbit

D. Sigmoid and straight sinus

Sigmoid and straight sinus

53 - The cavernous sinus communicates directly with all except_____________?

A. Inferior petrosal sinus

B. Pterygoid venous plexus

C. Veins in orbit

D. Sigmoid sinus and straight sinus

Sigmoid sinus and straight sinus

54 - The common carotid artery may be palpated at_______________?

A. Hyoid bone

B. Upper border of thyroid cartilage

C. Transverse process of C5

D. Transverse process of C6

Upper border of thyroid cartilage

55 - The connecting vein between facial vein and cavernous sinus is_____________?

A. Superior ophthalmic vein

B. Inferior ophthalmic vein

C. Connecting pterygoid plexus

D. None of the above

Superior ophthalmic vein

56 - The External Jugular vein ___________________ ?

A. Lies deep to the sternocleidomastoid muscle

B. It drains into Internal Jugular vein

C. It is formed by the union of the posterior auricular vein and posterior division of the retromandibular vein

D. It pierces pre- tracheal layer of cervical fascia before termination

It is formed by the union of the posterior auricular vein and posterior division of the retromandibular vein

57 - The following arteries provide a rich blood supply to the face, EXCEPT the______________?

A. Buccal artery

B. Mental artery

C. Posterior auricular artery

D. Infra orbital artery

Posterior auricular artery

58 - the inferior dental artery is a branch of the______________?

A. Mandibular artery

B. Maxillary artery

C. Pterygomandibular plexus

D. None of the above

Maxillary artery

59 - The main arterial supply of face_______________?

A. Superficial temporal

B. Maxillary

C. Facial

D. Internal carotid artery

Facial

60 - The main arterial trunk supplying the infra temporal fossa is_______________?

A. Infratemporal artery

B. Deep temporal artery

C. Maxillary artery

D. Posterior superior alveolar artery

Maxillary artery

61 - The major blood supply of hard palate is through_______________?

A. Lesser palatine artery

B. Greater (anterior) palatine

C. Nasopalatine artery

D. Sphenopalatine artery

Greater (anterior) palatine

62 - The maxillary vein accompanies_______________?

A. First part of maxillary artery

B. Second part of maxillary artery

C. Third part of maxillary artery

D. None of the above

First part of maxillary artery

63 - The middle meningeal artery is associated with which foramen____________?

A. ovale

B. Rotundum

C. Stylomastoid

D. Spinosum

Spinosum

64 - The middle meningeal artery____________?

A. Enters the skull through the foramen ovale

B. Supplies the superolateral surface of the ipislateral cerebral hemisphere

C. Runs a subdural course within the cranial cavity

D. Gives an interior branch which runs deep to the pterion

Gives an interior branch which runs deep to the pterion

65 - The number of branches of the internal carotid artery in the neck is____________?

A. None

B. One

C. Two

D. Four

None

66 - The retromandibular vein is formed by_______________?

A. Superficial temporal and maxillary veins

B. Superficial temporal and internal jugular vein

C. Superficial temporal and supratrochlear

D. Maxillary and posterior auricular

Superficial temporal and maxillary veins

67 - The stage of deglutition, which is voluntary in nature _______________?

A. Stage – I

B. Stage – II

C. Stage – III

D. Stage – IV

Stage – I

68 - The terminal branches of the external carotid artery are______________?

A. Superficial temporal and transverse facial

B. Transverse facial and maxillary

C. Posterior auricular and maxillary

D. Superficial temporal and maxillary

Superficial temporal and maxillary

69 - The tonsillar ring or Waldeyer's ring consists of which of the following ________________?

A. The adenoid

B. The lingual tonsil

C. The tonsil

D. All of the above

All of the above

70 - The transverse venous sinus continues as_________________?

A. Straight sinus

B. Cavernous sinus

C. Sigmoid sinus

D. Ethmoidal sinus

Sigmoid sinus

71 - TMJ is supplied by_____________?

A. Superficial temporal

B. Maxillary

C. Internal carotid

D. A & B

A & B

72 - Transverse facial artery is a branch of_______________?

A. Superficial temporal

B. Maxillary

C. Facial

D. Internal carotid artery

Superficial temporal

73 - Treatment of choice for subgaleal hematoma_______________?

A. Incision and evacuation

B. Needle aspiration

C. Antibiotics and then drain

D. Conservative

Conservative

74 - Tributary of the cavernous sinus includes all of the following, except ?

A. Superior petrosal sinus

B. Inferior petrosal sinus

C. Superficial middle cerebral vein

D. Deep middle cerebral vein

Deep middle cerebral vein

75 - True about subclvatian artery_______________?

A. Principal artery of upper limb

B. Right subclavian artery is a branch of brachioceplialic artery

C. Left subclavian artery is a branch of arch of aorta

D. All of the above

All of the above

76 - Vertebral artery is a branch of _________________?

A. Subclavian artery

B. Internal caroited artery

C. External carotide artery

D. Superficial temporal artery

Subclavian artery

77 - What is not true of facial artery __________________?

A. Main source of oxygenated blood to palatine tonsil

B. Is a branch of internal carotid artery

C. Supplies branches to both upper and lower lips

D. Conveys post ganglionic sympathetic nerve fibres to the submandibular gland

Is a branch of internal carotid artery

78 - Which is the only medial branch of the external carotid artery ?

A. Superior thyroid

B. Lingual

C. Internal maxillary

D. Ascending pharyngeal

Ascending pharyngeal

79 - Which of the following arteries does not supply the circle of Willis ?

A. Anterior cerebral

B. Middle cerebral

C. Posterior – inferior cerebrat

D. Posterior communicating

Posterior – inferior cerebrat

80 - Which of the following is a paired venous sinus of duramater_________________?

A. Cavernous sinus

B. Superior petrosal

C. Transverse sinus

D. All of the above

All of the above

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Vascular Supply of Head and Neck Most Important MCQs

1 - All of the following are true of maxillary artery except___________________?

2 - All of the following supply TMJ except_____________?

3 - All the following are branches of external carotid artery except _____________?

4 - Anterior spinal artery is a branch of____________?

5 - Arterial supply of Submandibular gland is through which branch of ECA________________?

6 - Artery palpable ar the anterior border of masserter is _________ artery?

7 - Ascending palatine artery is a branch of_____________?

8 - Auditory tube is supplied by__________________?

9 - Blood supply of coronoid process of mandible is primarily from_____________?

10 - Carotid sheath contains all except______________?

11 - Carotid sheath contains all except______________?

12 - Common cartotia artery divides to ICA & ECA at______________?

13 - Danger area of face is called because of connection of facial veins to cavernous sinus through______________?

14 - Dangerous area of the face is________________?

15 - External maxillary artery is a branch of_____________?

16 - Facial artery arises at the level of________________?

17 - Facial artery is a branch of the________________?

18 - Facial vein communicates with the cavernous sinus through______________?

19 - First branch of external carotid artery is______________?

20 - Foramen transversarium transmit________________?

21 - Hypophysis cerebri is supplied by________________?

22 - Infection spreading via lymphatics from the lower lip first enter the blood stream at the___________?

23 - Injury to one of the following arteries results in extradural hematoma_______________?

24 - Internal carotid artery at the bifurcation from the common carotid is________________?

25 - Internal jugular vein is a continuation of______________?

26 - Internal thoracic veins are tributaries of the______________?

27 - Largest vein of face is_______________?

28 - Lingual artery is a branch of _____________?

29 - Little's area constitutes______________?

30 - Lymph from the teeth drains into all of the following nodes EXCEPT______________?

31 - Maxillary artery is a branch for______________?

32 - Middle meningeal artery is direct branch of_______________?

33 - Middle thyroid vein drains into _______ vein?

34 - Occipital artery is a branch of _________________?

35 - Ophthalmic artery is a branch of _________ part of internal carotid artery ?

36 - Ophthalmic artery is a branch of_________________?

37 - Opthalmic artery is the branch of part of _________ internal carotid artery ?

38 - Origin of maxillary artery ________________?

39 - Posterior communicating artery is a branch of _______________?

40 - Pulsations felt in the suprasternal space are probably due to ____________?

41 - Right anterior quadrant of the scalp is supplied by the following arteries EXCEPT______________?

42 - Soft palate is supplied by________________?

43 - Submandibular gland is supplied by_____________?

44 - Superior thyroid artery accompanies which nerve ?

45 - Superior vena cava is formed by______________?

46 - That is not true for facial artery ?

47 - The arterial supply of trachea is by the____________?

48 - The artery , which runs along , the lower border of posterior belly of digastric is_______________?

49 - The ascending palatine artery is a branch of ________________?

50 - The blood supply of tonsils is_____________?

51 - The cavernous sinu does not communicate with the_____________?

52 - The cavernous sinus communicates directly with all , except_______________?

53 - The cavernous sinus communicates directly with all except_____________?

54 - The common carotid artery may be palpated at_______________?

55 - The connecting vein between facial vein and cavernous sinus is_____________?

56 - The External Jugular vein ___________________ ?

57 - The following arteries provide a rich blood supply to the face, EXCEPT the______________?

58 - the inferior dental artery is a branch of the______________?

59 - The main arterial supply of face_______________?

60 - The main arterial trunk supplying the infra temporal fossa is_______________?

61 - The major blood supply of hard palate is through_______________?

62 - The maxillary vein accompanies_______________?

63 - The middle meningeal artery is associated with which foramen____________?

64 - The middle meningeal artery____________?

65 - The number of branches of the internal carotid artery in the neck is____________?

66 - The retromandibular vein is formed by_______________?

67 - The stage of deglutition, which is voluntary in nature _______________?

68 - The terminal branches of the external carotid artery are______________?

69 - The tonsillar ring or Waldeyer's ring consists of which of the following ________________?

70 - The transverse venous sinus continues as_________________?

71 - TMJ is supplied by_____________?

72 - Transverse facial artery is a branch of_______________?

73 - Treatment of choice for subgaleal hematoma_______________?

74 - Tributary of the cavernous sinus includes all of the following, except ?