Upper Limb Musculature
- Previous year questions on Upper Limb Musculature 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.
- 46 live questions in Upper Limb Musculature.
- 6 of 46 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- 1 question in this topic has repeated in past papers.
- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.Which is not a component of Rotator cuff?
- AInfraspinatus
- BTeres major✓ Correct answer
- CSubscapularis
- DSupraspinatus
Q2.NOT a content of carpal tunnel:-
- AFlexor digitorum superficialis
- BFlexor digitorum profundus
- CUlnar nerve✓ Correct answer
- DMedian nerve
Q3.True about lumbricals is
- AFlex IP joints and extends MCP joint
- B1st and 2nd supplied by radial nerve
- C3 and 4 supplied by superficial branch of ulnar
- DOrigin from tendons of flexor digitorum profundus✓ Correct answer
Q4.Retraction of scapula at sternoclavicular joint is done by
- ASerratus anterior
- BTrapezius✓ Correct answer
- CSubscapularis
- DSupraspinatus
Q5.Transverse carpal ligament is ?
- AFlexor retinaculum of hand✓ Correct answer
- BExtensor retinaculum of hand
- CRadial collateral ligament
- DIntercarpal ligament
Q6.which muscle of rotator cuff is called forgeten muscle ?
- Asupraspinatus
- Binfraspinatus
- Csubscapularis✓ Correct answer
- Dteres minor
Q7.Winging of scapula which muscle is affected
- ATeres minor
- BLatissimus dorsi
- CSubscapularis
- DSerratus anterior✓ Correct answer
Q8.Extensor Carpi radialis Longus is
- AExtensor and ulnar deviator of the wrist
- BExtensor and radial Deviator of the wrist✓ Correct answer
- CInjured in Posterior interosseus nerve injury
- DWeak extensor of the wrist
Q9.Teres minor muscle is supplied by
- AUpper subscapular nerve
- BLower subscapular nerve
- CDorsal subscapular nerve
- DAxillary nerve✓ Correct answer
Q10.All the thenar muscles of the hand are supplied by the median nerve except
- AOpponens pollicis
- BAbductor pollicis brevis
- CAdductor pollicis✓ Correct answer
- DFlexor pollicis brevis
Answer key
Q1: B. Teres major; Q2: C. Ulnar nerve; Q3: D. Origin from tendons of flexor digitorum profundus; Q4: B. Trapezius; Q5: A. Flexor retinaculum of hand; Q6: C. subscapularis; Q7: D. Serratus anterior; Q8: B. Extensor and radial Deviator of the wrist; Q9: D. Axillary nerve; Q10: C. Adductor pollicis.
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