Inner Ear Anatomy
- Previous year questions on Inner Ear Anatomy for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the ENT 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.
- 5 live questions in Inner Ear Anatomy.
- 1 of 5 questions carries a verified exam year: 2017.
- ENT is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.Upper covering layer of cochlear duct is
- ABasilar membrane
- BTectorial membrane
- CStria vascularis
- DVestibular membrane✓ Correct answer
Q2.What is true regarding organ of coi?
- AThe organ of Coi is contained within the scala media
- BEndolymph is secreted by cells of the stria vascularis
- CThe whole organ of Coi rests on the basilar membrane
- DAll✓ Correct answer
Q3.In internal auditory meatus
- AThe cochlear nerve is medial to inferior vestibular nerve
- BThe facial nerve is lateral to superior vestibular nerve✓ Correct answer
- CThe inferior vestibular nerve is inferior to the cochlear nerve
- DThe superior vestibular nerve is medial to the inferior vestibular nerve
Q4.Semicircular canal respond to :
- ALinear acceleration
- BAngular acceleration✓ Correct answer
- Cgravity
- DTouch
Q5.Stria vascularis are seen in
- AVestibule
- BUtricle
- CCochlea✓ Correct answer
- DMiddle ear
Answer key
Q1: D. Vestibular membrane; Q2: D. All; Q3: B. The facial nerve is lateral to superior vestibular nerve; Q4: B. Angular acceleration; Q5: C. Cochlea.
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