DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY – HEAD & NECK
MODEL QUESTIONS
ESSAY :
1. Describe scalp under the following headings
a. Layers
b. Blood supply
c. Nerve supply
d. Lymphatic drainage
e. Applied Anatomy
2. Describe the posterior Triangle under the following headings
a. Boundaries
b. Sub division
c. Contents
d. Applied Anatomy
3. Describe the submandibular triangle under the following headings
a. Boundaries
b. Contents
c. Applied Anatomy
4. Describe the Carotid triangle under the following headings
a. Boundaries
b. Contents
c. Applied Anatomy
5. Describe the External Carotid Artery under the following headings
a. Origin & Termination
b. Course
c. Branches
d. Applied Anatomy
6. Classify Dural Venous sinuses and write cavernous sinus in detail
7. Describe Thyroid Gland under the following headings
a. Position
b. Capsule
c. Relation
d. Blood supply
e. Applied Anatomy
8. Describe Hyopglossal Nerve under the following headings
a. Nucleus
b. Components
c. Intra Cranial Course
d. Extra Cranial Course
e. Branches
f. Distribution
g. Applied Anatomy
9. Name the paranasal air sinuses and explain maxillary air sinuses in detail
10. Describe Extra Ocular muscles under the following headings
a. Origin
b. Insertion
c. Movements
d. Nerve supply
e. Applied Anatomy
11. Describe the parotid gland under the following headings
a. Shape
b. Position
c. Structures present with it
d. Nerve supply
e. Blood supply
f. Histology
g. Applied Anatomy
12. Describe Tempero – mandibular joint under the following headings
a. Type
b. Ligaments
c. Muscles producing movements
d. Blood & Nerve Supply
e. Applied Anatomy
13. Describe the maxillary Artery under the following headings
a. Origin
b. Parts
c. Branches
d. Relation
e. Applied Anatomy
14. Describe the mandibular Nerve under the following headings
a. Course
b. Division
c. Branches
d. Applied Anatomy
15. Describe the submandibular gland under the following headings
a. Type
b. Parts
c. Relation
d. Nerve supply
e. Blood supply
f. Applied Anatomy
16. Name the parts of the pharynx and describe Nasopharynx in detail
17. Describe Tonsil under the following headings
a. Position
b. Relations
c. Histology
d. Blood supply
e. Applied Anatomy
18. Describe lateral wall of Nose in detail
19. Describe Tongue under the following headings
a. Parts
b. Structure
c. Muscles
d. Movements
e. Nerve supply
f. Applied Anatomy
20. Describe middle ear under the following headings
a. Boundaries
b. Contents
c. Applied Anatomy
SHORT NOTES :
1. Nerve supply of scalp
2. Blood supply of scalp
3. OrticularisOcculi
4. Buccinators
5. Blood supply to face
6. Cutaneous innervation of face
7. Bell’s play
8. Dangerous area of face
9. External jugular vein
10. Accessory Nerve
11. SuboccipitalTraingle
12. Midline structures in the neck
13. Ansacervicalis
14. Platysma
15. Facial Artery
16. Carotid sheath
17. FalxCerebri
18. Tentorium Cerebelli
19. Histology of pituitary Gland
20. Middle cranial fossa
21. Middle meningeal Artery
22. Trigeminal Ganglion
23. Blood supply of Thyroid Gland
24. Histology of Thyroid gland
25. Histology of Oarathyroid Gland
26. Vertebral Artery
27. Internal Jugular vein
28. Styloid Apparatus
29. Cervical Plexus
30. Waldeyer’s Ring
31. Ophthalmic Artery
32. Histology of Cornea
33. Histology of Retina
34. Lacrimal Apparatus
35. Frontal Air sinus
36. Nasociliary nerve
37. Giliary Ganglion
38. Parotid Duct
39. Structures within the parotid Gland
40. Histology of serous salivary Gland
41. Histology of Mucus salivary Gland
42. Histology of Mixed salivary Gland
43. Muscles of Mastication
44. Auriculotemporal nerve
45. Maxillary artery
46. Lingual nerve
47. Inferior alveolar nerve
48. Otic ganglion
49. Chorda tympani nerve
50. Digastric muscle
51. Nasopharynx
52. Auditory tube
53. Blood supply of nasal septum
54. Maxillary sinus
55. Interior of larynx
56. Vocal cords
57. Muscles of larynx and their action
58. Recurrent laryngeal nerve
59. Histology of tongue
60. Nerve supply of tongue
61. Muscles of tongue
62. Lymphatic drainage of tongue
63. Tympanic membrane
64. External auditory canal
65. Medial wall of tympanic cavity
66. Atlanto –axial joint
67. Histology of tonsil
68. Development of face
69. Development of tongue
70. Development of thyroid
71. Development of palate
72. Derivatives of I arch
73. Derivatives of II arch
74. Development of pituitary gland
TWO MARKS QUESTION:
1. What is dangerous layer of scalp? Mention its significance.
2. Epicranialaponeurosis
3. Venous drainage and lympatic drainage of face
4. Name the nerve which supplies the skin over the angle of mandible. Give its root
value.
5. Name the structures piercing the Buccinator.
6. Torticollis
7. Great auricular nerve.
8. How the external Jugular vein is formed?
9. Name the nerve present in the subcutaneous tissues of posterior triangle of neck.
10. Name the branches of III part of Subclavian artery.
11. Name the branches of Brachial plexus seen in the posterior triangle.
12. Ligamentumnuchae.
13. Contents of Suboccipital triangle.
14. Cisternal puncture.
15. Submental triangle.
16. Suprasternal Space and its contents.
17. Name the parieddural venous sinuses.
18. What is pterion? Write its clinical significance.
19. What are Diploic veins? Give two examples.
20. Structure passing through foramen magnum.
21. Levatorglandulaethyroidea.
22. Carotid triangle.
23. Carotid sinus.
24. Little’s triangle.
25. Stylopharyngeus.
26. Nasolacrimal Duct.
27. Terminal branches of frontal nerve.
28. Name the branches of maxillary artery from its I part.
29. Name the branches of maxillary artery from its III part.
30. Articular disc of Temporo - Mandibular Joint.
31. Muscles producing protraction of lower joint.
32. Muscles producing retraction of lower joint.
33. Muscles producing elevation of lower joint.
34. Name the branches from anterior division of mandibular nerve.
35. Name the branches from posterior division of mandibular nerve.
36. Name the branches or Inferior alveolar nerve.
37. Branches of Facial artery in the neck.
38. Name the constrictor muscles of pharynx.
39. Pharyngeal plexuses.
40. Name the structures passing through the base of the skull & superior constrictor.
41. Name the structures passing through the superior & middle constrictor.
42. Name the structure passing through the middle and inferior constrictor.
43. Adenoids.
44. Boundaries of piriform fossa and its clinical importance.
45. Name the muscles of soft palate.
46. Name the structures forming the septum of the nose.
47. Little’s area.
48. What are the structures opening into the middle meatus of nose.
49. Name the cartilage of larynx.
50. Action & nerve supply piercing the Thy – hyoid membrane
51. Action & Nerve supply of cricothyroid muscle
52. Boundaries of Inlet of Larynx
53. Sinus of Larynx
54. Name the different papilla of Tounge
55. Circumvallate papilla
56. Name the ear ossciles
57. Name the muscles present in the middle ear
58. Parts of Thypanic membrane and its clinical importance
59. Nerve supply to Tympanic membrane and its clinical importance
60. Contents of middle ear
61. Parts of the Internal ear
62. Name of the layers of eye ball
63. Name two factors responsible for corneal transparency
64. Cleft palate
65. Cleft lip
66. Oblique facial cleft
67. Derivatives of 3rd arch
68. Derivatives of 1st pouch
69. Derivatives of 2nd pouch
70. Derivatives of 1st cleft
71. Cervical sinus
72. Branchial cyst
73. Thyro – glossal Cyst
