Breast
- Previous year questions on Breast for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 18 live questions in Breast.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Apical group of lymph nodes belong to which level in axillary group of nodes -
- ALevel I
- BLevel II
- CLevel III✓ Correct answer
- DSupraclavicular
Q2.A lady has carcinoma in upper and outer quadrant of the breast. It usually metastasises to all of the following lymph nodes, EXCEPT:
- AAnterior axillary
- BCentral
- CLateral
- DParasternal✓ Correct answer
Q3.Lymphatic drainage of upper outer quadrant of breast ?
- AAnterior axillary✓ Correct answer
- BPosterior axillary
- CParatracheal
- DNone of the above
Q4.Branches of which of the following aery provides main blood supply to the medial pa of the breast?
- ALateral thoracic aery
- BAcromio Thoracic aery
- CInternal mammary aery✓ Correct answer
- DPosterior intercostal aeries
Q5.The physician identifies a palpable mass in one breast, and the patient is scheduled for a "Lumpectomy." The reason that "Lumpectomy" for breast lumps can be safely performed in some patients is that the breast is divided into multiple lobes, each of which contains a separate duct system with connecting lobules. The normal breast usually contains how many lobes?
- A2 to 3
- B5 to 7
- C10 to 12
- D15 to 25✓ Correct answer
Q6.The nipple is supplied by which of the following intercostals nerve?
- AT3
- BT4✓ Correct answer
- CT5
- DNone of the above
Q7.You are performing a breast examination in the surgery clinic. In addition to the breast tissue examination, what other region is critical to complete the palpation of mammary tissue?
- ASupraclavicular region
- BSubclavicular region
- CAxillary region✓ Correct answer
- DInterscapular region
Q8.Rotter's node is
- AInterpectoral nodes✓ Correct answer
- BInternal mammary LN
- CSupraclavicular LN
- DInfraclavicular LN
Q9.Which structures passes though foramen of langer?
- AInguinal canal
- BTail of spence✓ Correct answer
- CCN V3
- DCN VII
Q10.Lymph nodes draining the breast and lying behind the pectoralis minor are labelled as:
- ALevel 1
- BLevel 2✓ Correct answer
- CLevel 3
- DNone of the above
Answer key
Q1: C. Level III; Q2: D. Parasternal; Q3: A. Anterior axillary; Q4: C. Internal mammary aery; Q5: D. 15 to 25; Q6: B. T4; Q7: C. Axillary region; Q8: A. Interpectoral nodes; Q9: B. Tail of spence; Q10: B. Level 2.
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