Intermediate Tongue Quiz

Q1. Which extrinsic tongue muscle is the major protruder of the tongue?

• Superior longitudinal muscle
• Palatoglossus
• Styloglossus
• Genioglossus

Q2. Which extrinsic tongue muscle primarily retracts and elevates the tongue?

• Vertical muscle
• Styloglossus
• Transverse muscle
• Genioglossus

Q3. Which extrinsic tongue muscle primarily depresses the tongue, especially its sides?

• Hyoglossus
• Superior longitudinal muscle
• Styloglossus
• Palatopharyngeus

Q4. What is the principal role of the intrinsic muscles of the tongue?

• Changing the shape of the tongue
• Opening the temporomandibular joint
• Elevating the hyoid exclusively
• Closing the vocal folds

Q5. Which papillae are arranged in a V-shaped row immediately anterior to the sulcus terminalis?

• Filiform papillae
• Fungiform papillae
• Foliate papillae
• Circumvallate papillae

Q6. Which nerve carries taste from the circumvallate papillae?

• Hypoglossal nerve
• Chorda tympani only
• Glossopharyngeal nerve, CN IX
• Lingual nerve only

Q7. Which papillae are mushroom-shaped and concentrated particularly near the tip and margins of the tongue?

• Palatine papillae
• Circumvallate papillae
• Fungiform papillae
• Filiform papillae

Q8. Where are foliate papillae located?

• Around the lingual frenulum
• Midline ventral surface
• Posterolateral margins of the tongue
• Base of the epiglottis only

Q9. Which nerve supplies taste and general sensation from the small tongue region immediately anterior to the epiglottis?

• Hypoglossal nerve
• External laryngeal nerve
• Lingual nerve
• Internal laryngeal nerve

Q10. Which muscle is an important landmark because the lingual artery passes deep to it while the hypoglossal nerve passes superficial to it?

• Hyoglossus
• Genioglossus
• Stylohyoid
• Mylohyoid