Surgsoc - Brian Kwag

Pterion is the suture point between all of the below neurocarnium except

• A. Parietal

• B. Ethmoid

• C. Temporal

• D. Sphenoid

• E. Frontal

Which of the structure passes through the same cranial foramen as the anterior middle meningeal artery?

• A. Maxillary nerve (CN V2)

• B. Trochlear nerve (CN IV)

• C. Internal carotid artery

• D. Mandibular nerve (CN V3)

• E. External jugular vein

Which paranasal sinus is most likely to get infected?

• A. Frontal

• B. Carotid

• C. Maxillary

• D. Ethmoidal

• E. Sphenoidal

Which two structures drain into the same nasal meatus as the frontal sinus does?

• A. Maxillary sinus

• B. Sphenoid sinus

• C. Anterior ethmoid sinus

• D. Posterior ethmoid sinus

• E. Nasolacrimal duct

Which two muscles are likely to be utilised when looking inferomedially?

• A. Superior oblique

• B. Orbicularis oculi

• C. Medial rectus

• D. Inferior rectus

• E. Inferior oblique

Which muscle is not innervated by the trigeminal nerve?

• A. Medial pterygoid

• B. Mylohyoid

• C. Stylohyoid

• D. Masseter

• E. Temporalis

Which special sense does the facial nerve has involvement in?

• A. Vision

• B. Taste

• C. Olfaction

• D. Auditory

• E. Proprioception

Which cranial nerve would be intact with cavernous sinus syndrome?

• CN2

• CN3

• CN4

• CN5

• CN6

A 70 year old female patient presents to A&E feeling weaker than usual. Taking a history is difficult as when you ask her questions, her replies consist of unrelated words jumbled together. Examination reveals a severe right-sided facial droop and hemiplegia. She is also found to have a right homonymous hemianopia, without macula sparing. CT head scan subsequently confirms an ischaemic stroke.

Which blood vessel is likely to have been affected?

• A. Left anterior cerebral artery

• B. Right middle cerebral artery

• C. Left middle cerebral artery

• D. Right posterior cerebral artery

• E. Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

A 48 year old man complains to his GP. On examination his GP notes that there is poor movement of his soft palate, deviation of the uvula to the left and weakness turning his head to the left and lifting of his right shoulder.

An MRI scan would show a lesion in which of the following locations?

• A. Left hypoglossal canal

• B. Foramen magnum

• C. Right hypoglossal canal

• D. Right jugular foramen

• E. Left jugular foramen