Middle Ear Anatomy
- Previous year questions on Middle 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.
- 13 live questions in Middle Ear Anatomy.
- ENT is worth about 10 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.Sensory supply of middle ear cavity is by
- A5th nerve
- B10th nerve
- C9th nerve✓ Correct answer
- DGreater occipital nerve
Q2.Stapedius is supplied by:
- AMaxillary nerve
- BFacial nerve✓ Correct answer
- CAuditory nerve
- DMandibular nerve
Q3.All developed up to the adult size at birth except
- AMastoid Antrum
- BTympanic cavity
- COrbital cavity✓ Correct answer
- DEar ossicle
Q4.Fenestri vestibuli is:
- ARounded bulge produced by first turn of cochlea
- BOval opening posterosuperior to the promontory✓ Correct answer
- CProminence produced due to the lateral semicircular canal
- DIt is grooved by tympanic plexus
Q5.Stapes foot plate covers which of the following structure?
- ARound window
- BOval window✓ Correct answer
- CInferior sinus tympanum
- DPyramid
Q6.The most mobile pa of the tympanic membrane:
- ACentral
- BPeripheral✓ Correct answer
- CBoth
- DNone of the above
Q7.Nerve supply of tympanic membrane-a) Auriculotemporalb) Auricular branch of vagusc) Occipital nerved) Great auricular nervee) Glossopharyngeal nerve
- Aabe✓ Correct answer
- Bbcd
- Ccde
- Dacd
Q8.The size of the Fenestra Vestibule on an average is-
- A3.50 mm long and 2.50 mm wide
- B3.25 mm long and 1.75 mm wide✓ Correct answer
- C3.75 mm long and 1.50 mm wide
- D4.00 mm long and 2.00 mm wide
Q9.All are true about facial recess except:
- ASupra pyramical recess
- BMedially it is bounded by chorda tympani and laterally by facial nerve✓ Correct answer
- CImpoant in cochlear implant
- DMiddle ear can be approached through it
Q10.Most difficult site to remove cholesteatoma, i.e. sinus tympani is related with:
- ATympanic segment of facial nerve
- BMastoid segment of facial nerve✓ Correct answer
- CEpitympanum
- DHypotympanum
Answer key
Q1: C. 9th nerve; Q2: B. Facial nerve; Q3: C. Orbital cavity; Q4: B. Oval opening posterosuperior to the promontory; Q5: B. Oval window; Q6: B. Peripheral; Q7: A. abe; Q8: B. 3.25 mm long and 1.75 mm wide; Q9: B. Medially it is bounded by chorda tympani and laterally by facial nerve; Q10: B. Mastoid segment of facial nerve.
Other topics in ENT
- Ear Embryology and Congenital Malformations
- External Ear Anatomy
- Mastoid Anatomy
- Inner Ear Anatomy
- External Ear Disease
- Middle Ear Disease
- CSOM Types and Cholesteatoma
- CSOM: Management and Complications
- Otosclerosis
- Meniere's Disease
- Vertigo and Vestibular Disorders
- Tumours of the Ear
- Facial Nerve Anatomy
- Facial Nerve Palsy and Related Disorders
- Eustachian Tube
- Hearing Physiology and Tuning Fork Tests
- Audiometry and Special Hearing Tests
- Deafness and Hearing Rehabilitation
- Nasal Anatomy
- Paranasal Sinus Anatomy
- Nasal and Sinus Physiology
- Epistaxis
- Congenital and Acquired Nasal Disorders
- Rhinitis
- Nasal Septal Disorders and Polyposis
- Nasal and Facial Injuries
- Tumours of the Nose and PNS
- Sinusitis and Related Complications
- Pharyngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Adenoids
- Tonsils
- Pharyngeal Abscesses
- Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- Laryngeal Anatomy and Physiology
- Stridor and Congenital Laryngeal Anomalies
- Disorders of Voice and Speech
- Laryngeal Carcinoma
- Tracheostomy and Foreign Bodies of the Air and Food Passages
- ENT Instruments