Oral Cavity: Tongue and Palate
- Previous year questions on Oral Cavity: Tongue and Palate 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.
- 28 live questions in Oral Cavity: Tongue and Palate.
- 3 of 28 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.The sensory supply of the palate is through all of the following, except :
- AFacial nerve
- BHypoglossal nerve✓ Correct answer
- CGlossopharyngeal nerve
- DMaxillary division of trigeminal nerve
Q2.Hard palate lining contains
- AKeratinized mucosa, absent submucosal layer, minor salivary glands
- BKeratinized mucosa, submucosal layer, minor salivary glands✓ Correct answer
- CNon-keratinized mucosa, submucosal layer, minor salivary glands
- DNon-keratinized mucosa, absent submucosal layer, minor salivary glands
Q3.Intermaxillary suture are sometimes raised forming a longitudinal midline ridge known as
- ATorus auditory
- BTorus mandibularis
- CTorus palatine✓ Correct answer
- DTorus maxillaries
Q4.Sensory supply to tongue is by all, EXCEPT?
- ALingual nerve
- BVagus nerve
- CGlossopharyngeal nerve
- DNone of the above✓ Correct answer
Q5.Which of the following is the safety muscle of tongue?
- AGenioglossus✓ Correct answer
- BHyoglossus
- CPalatoglossus
- DStyloglossus
Q6.Hypoglossal nerve supplies all of these muscle except:-
- APalatoglossus✓ Correct answer
- BStyloglossus
- CGenioglossus
- DHyoglossus
Q7.The hard palate contains
- AKeratinized epithelium, submucosa, minor salivary glands✓ Correct answer
- BKeratinised epithelium, absent submucosa, no salivary glands
- CNon-keratinised epithelium, submucosa, minor salivary glands
- DNon-keratinised epithelium, absent submucosa, minor salivary glands
Q8.Lymph from tongue not drained by following vessels
- ACentral
- BVentral✓ Correct answer
- CPosterior
- DMarginal
Q9.All are sensory to the palate except:
- AMaxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
- BFacial nerve
- CGlossopharyngeal nerve
- DHypoglossal nerve✓ Correct answer
Q10.Anterior two third of the tongue is demarcated from the posterior one third by:
- APassavant's ridge
- BSulcus terminalis✓ Correct answer
- CCircumvallate papillae
- DFiliform papilla
Answer key
Q1: B. Hypoglossal nerve; Q2: B. Keratinized mucosa, submucosal layer, minor salivary glands; Q3: C. Torus palatine; Q4: D. None of the above; Q5: A. Genioglossus; Q6: A. Palatoglossus; Q7: A. Keratinized epithelium, submucosa, minor salivary glands; Q8: B. Ventral; Q9: D. Hypoglossal nerve; Q10: B. Sulcus terminalis.
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