Skull Bones, Scalp and Face
- Previous year questions on Skull Bones, Scalp and Face 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.
- 56 live questions in Skull Bones, Scalp and Face.
- 1 of 56 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Which of the following transmits the Internal Carotid artery?
- AForamen ovale
- BForamen lacerum✓ Correct answer
- CForamen spinosum
- DForamen rotundum
Q2.Which of the following is the last fontanelle to close
- AAnterior✓ Correct answer
- BPosterior
- COccipital
- DLateral
Q3.Following are the structure passing through foramen magnum except
- ACerebellar tonsils✓ Correct answer
- BSpinal cord
- CSpinal accessory nerve
- DVertebral artery
Q4.False about pterygopalatine fossa:-
- ACommunicates inferomedially with infra temporal fossa✓ Correct answer
- BCommunicates with middle cranial fossa through vidian canal
- CContains pterygopalatine ganglion and third part of maxillary artery
- DForamen rotundum is located above the Vidian canal
Q5.As a result of a viral infection, a patient has swelling of the left facial nerve within the facial canal. His face appears asymmetrical, and he C/O that saliva drips from his mouth while he is chewing. Paralysis of which of the following muscles accounts for these symptoms?
- ABuccinator✓ Correct answer
- BMasseter
- CPalatoglossus
- DPalatopharyngeus
Q6.Premature closure of coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid sutures results in
- AOxycephaly✓ Correct answer
- BTurricephaly
- CPlagiocephaly
- DTrigonocephaly
Q7.Foramen caecum is seen in:
- AEthmoid bone
- BTongue
- CSphenoid
- DOption 1 and 2✓ Correct answer
Q8.Acrocephaly is also known as:
- AOxycephaly.
- BTurricephaly.
- CDome shaped skull.
- DAll of the above.✓ Correct answer
Q9.Bone better described as "bat with extended wings" is:
- AEthmoid
- BSphenoid✓ Correct answer
- CNasal
- DMandible
Q10.Mandibular fossa is a part of:
- AMandible bone
- BMaxilla bone
- CSphenoid bone
- DTemporal bone✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Foramen lacerum; Q2: A. Anterior; Q3: A. Cerebellar tonsils; Q4: A. Communicates inferomedially with infra temporal fossa; Q5: A. Buccinator; Q6: A. Oxycephaly; Q7: D. Option 1 and 2; Q8: D. All of the above; Q9: B. Sphenoid; Q10: D. Temporal bone.
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