961. Meissner’s autonomic plexus is present in :

A. Mucosa
B. Muscularis mucosa
C. Submucosa *
D. Muscularis externa

962. In severe pharyngitis and tonsillitis infection may spread from the nasopharynx to the middle ear cavity through the derivative of which of the following pharyngeal pouches ?

A. First *
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth

963. During intubation an endotracheal tube is passed through and opening between the vocal folds what is the name of this opening ?

A. Piriform recess
B .Rima glottides *
C. Vallecula
D. Ventricle

964. All of the following nerves are branches if mandibular divsion of trigeminal nerve except :

A. Inferior alveolar
B. Lingual nerve
C. Chordatympani nerve *
D. Nerve to medial pterygoid

965. A 39 year old lady comes to OPD with hoarseness of voice few weeks after thyroidectomy which one of the following might be the reason behind her voice change :

A. Superior laryngeal nerve damage
B. Parathyroidectomy
C. Unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve damage *
D. Injury to lingual nerve

966. The isthmus of the thyroid gland :

A. Lies directly anterior to the thyroid cartilage
B. Lies directly anterior to the cricoid cartilage
C. Lies directly anterior to the 2nd ,3rd and 4th tracheal rings *
D. Is the same as the pyramidal lobe

967. When a person looks down, the muscle which causes the person down and medially is ?

A. Superior rectus
B. Inferior rectus*
C. Medial rectus
D. Superior oblique

968. Which of the following best describes the layers of the scalp ?

A. Skin aponeurosis ,dense connective tissue,muscle ,periosteum
B. Skin aponeurosis, dense connective tissue, muscle
C. Skin ,dense connective tissue,aponeurrosis, loose connective tissue,perosterum *
D. Skin loose connective tissue .Periosteum

969. Common carotid artery bifurcates at which level?

A. Jugular notch
B. Stern angle
C. Superior border of the thyroid cartilage *
D. Thyroid isthmus

970. All of the following are branches of the vagus nerve in the neck except :

A. The pharyngeal branch
B. The superior laryngeal nerve
C. The left recurrent laryngeal nerve *
D. Cardiac branches