Intermediate Mandible Quiz
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Q1. Which nerve enters the mandibular foramen and travels through the mandibular canal?
- Inferior alveolar nerve
- Auriculotemporal nerve
- Infraorbital nerve
- Buccal nerve
Q2. Which small bony projection lies immediately anterior to the mandibular foramen?
- Mental spine
- Pterygoid hamulus
- Lingula
- Coronoid process
Q3. Which groove descends anteroinferiorly from the mandibular foramen on the medial ramus?
- Greater palatine groove
- Sigmoid groove
- Infraorbital groove
- Mylohyoid groove
Q4. Which ridge on the medial surface of the mandibular body provides origin for the mylohyoid muscle?
- External oblique line
- Superior nuchal line
- Mylohyoid line
- Temporal line
Q5. Which depression lies superior to the mylohyoid line and accommodates the sublingual gland?
- Pterygoid fovea
- Sublingual fossa
- Submandibular fossa
- Digastric fossa
Q6. Which depression lies inferior to the mylohyoid line and accommodates the submandibular gland?
- Hypophysial fossa
- Submandibular fossa
- Mandibular fossa
- Sublingual fossa
Q7. Where does the lateral pterygoid muscle insert on the mandible?
- Pterygoid fovea on the neck of the mandible
- Medial surface of the coronoid process only
- Mental protuberance
- Mylohyoid line
Q8. Which muscle attaches to the lateral surface of the ramus and angle of the mandible?
- Genioglossus
- Superior constrictor
- Mylohyoid
- Masseter
Q9. Which muscle attaches to the medial surface of the angle and lower ramus?
- Lateral pterygoid
- Buccinator
- Stylohyoid
- Medial pterygoid
Q10. Which mandibular feature articulates with the mandibular fossa and articular eminence of the temporal bone?
- Head of the mandible
- Mental spine
- Lingula
- Coronoid process