All Free General Anatomy MCQs with Answers

• A. Internal carotid artery
• B. External carotid artery
• C. Subclavian artery
• D. Maxillary artery

Explanation: The lingual artery arises from the external carotid artery between the superior thyroid and facial arteries.

• A. Internal carotid artery
• B. External carotid artery
• C. Superficial temporal
• D. Maxillary artery

Explanation: The facial artery is one of the anterior branches of the external carotid artery.

• A. Ascending pharyngeal
• B. Superior pharyngeal
• C. Maxillary
• D. None of the above

Explanation: The submandibular gland is supplied mainly by branches of the facial and lingual arteries, but neither is listed among the options.

• A. Subclavian artery
• B. Common carotid artery
• C. Inferior thyroid artery
• D. Vertebral artery

Explanation: The inferior thyroid artery approaches the lower thyroid region through the root of the neck, so its pulsation may be transmitted into the…

• A. Superior thyroid
• B. Lingual
• C. Internal maxillary
• D. Ascending pharyngeal

Explanation: The ascending pharyngeal artery is the only medial branch of the external carotid artery.

• A. Maxillary artery
• B. Sphenopalatine artery
• C. ICA
• D. ECA

Explanation: The ophthalmic artery arises from the intracranial part of the internal carotid artery just after it enters the orbit through the optic…

• 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

Explanation: In the infratemporal fossa, the branches of the maxillary artery generally accompany branches of the mandibular nerve, not the maxillary…

• A. Opthalumic vein
• B. Internal jugular vein
• C. External jugular vein
• D. Pterygoid plexus

Explanation: The cavernous sinus communicates with the orbit through the ophthalmic veins and with the pterygoid plexus through emissary veins.

• A. Mandibular artery
• B. Maxillary artery
• C. Pterygomandibular plexus
• D. None of the above

Explanation: The inferior dental, more accurately called inferior alveolar, artery is a branch of the first part of the maxillary artery.

• A. Brachycephaly
• B. oxycephaly
• C. Trigonocephaly
• D. Scaphocephaly

Explanation: Premature bilateral fusion of the coronal suture restricts anteroposterior skull growth and produces a short, broad skull called…

• A. Hyoid bone
• B. Maxillary process
• C. Stapes
• D. Styloid process

Explanation: The first pharyngeal arch forms the maxillary and mandibular processes, along with muscles of mastication and the trigeminal nerve…

• A. 1stbranchial arch
• B. 2nd branchial arch
• C. 3rd branchial arch
• D. 6th branchial arch

Explanation: The muscles of mastication develop from mesoderm of the first pharyngeal arch and are supplied by the mandibular division of the…

• A. First and second
• B. Second and third
• C. Third and fourth
• D. Fourth and fifth

Explanation: The inferior parathyroid glands develop from the third pharyngeal pouch, while the superior parathyroid glands develop from the fourth…

• A. Facial nerve
• B. Trigeminal
• C. Vagus
• D. Glossopharyngeal

Explanation: The third pharyngeal arch is associated with the glossopharyngeal nerve, which supplies its derivative stylopharyngeus.

• A. Tesnor tympani and tensor veli palatine
• B. Posterior belly of digastric
• C. Masticatory muscles
• D. Mylohyoid

Explanation: The posterior belly of the digastric develops from the second pharyngeal arch and is supplied by the facial nerve.

• A. 1st pharyngeal swelling
• B. Lateral lingual swelling
• C. Occipital myotomes
• D. Preoptic myotome muscles

Explanation: The intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the tongue arise from occipital myotomes and are supplied mainly by the hypoglossal nerve.

• A. Maxillary artery
• B. Mandibular artery
• C. Carotid artery
• D. Stapedial artery

Explanation: The first aortic arch largely disappears, but its persistent ventral component forms the maxillary artery.

• A. First pharyngeal arch
• B. First and second pharyngeal arches
• C. Second and third pharyngeal arches
• D. Fourth pharyngeal arch

Explanation: The second pharyngeal arch forms the lesser horn and upper body of the hyoid, whereas the third arch forms its greater horn and lower…

• A. Spheno Mandibular Ligament
• B. Stylomandibular ligament
• C. Anterior ligament of Malleus
• D. Stylohyoid Ligament

Explanation: The stylohyoid ligament is derived from Reichert cartilage of the second pharyngeal arch.

• A. Thyroglossal duct
• B. Rathke's pouch
• C. Notochordal process
• D. Embryonal disc

Explanation: The thyroid begins as an endodermal diverticulum that descends from the floor of the primitive pharynx through the thyroglossal duct.