Most Asked Questions of General Anatomy for MDS First Year Exams of OMFS

Hi there, With the help of Dr. Shreya Shukla and Dr. Viplove Ukey, I’m pleased to give you this exhaustive list of the most important questions asked in the MDS First Year Exam of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, specifically General Anatomy in the past years from all over the universities in India. Remember, this is not a complete list and we shall keep on adding new questions as soon as we find them. You can comment below questions/topics which your university has asked if it is missing and we shall add that too. Do check the DCI syllabus and prepare accordingly.

MDS First Year General Anatomy Questions

1. Surgical Anatomy of TMJ and write a note on various approaches to TMJ & its merits & demerits & internal derangement
2. Describe in detail the development of the face, paranasal sinuses, and associated structure and add a note on facial anomalies
3. Describe the extra-cranial course of mandibular nerve and its anatomical relationship
4. Discuss the arterial supply to the head and neck region. Enumerate applied aspects with vascular ligation
5. Discuss facial embryology and its relevance with cleft lip and palate conditions
6. Describe in detail the surgical anatomy of Tongue and write in detail the applied anatomy
7. Describe in detail about surgical anatomy of submandibular region and write briefly on applied anatomy of submandibular space
8. Describe in detail the surgical anatomy of facial nerve
9. Describe surgical anatomy of maxillary sinus and explain the management of chronic oro antral fistula
10. Describe in detail surgical anatomy of muscles of facial expression and mention their nerve and blood supply along with specific actions
11. Triangles of neck
12. Describe osteology of orbit and discuss important anatomical neurovascular structures associated with it
13. Surgical anatomy of submandibular gland
14. Lymphatic drainage of face
15. Draw the surface marking of parotid gland and parotid duct. Explain in detail the structures emerging at the periphery of gland
16. Oral diaphragm
17. Anatomy of velopharyngeal musculature
18. Space of burns
19. Salivary gland disorders in detail
20. Branches of external carotid artery
21. Developmental disorders affecting the tongue
22. Muscles of mastication
    1. Origin and insertion
    2. Surgical anatomy and blood supply of pterygoids
    3. Management of unilateral masseteric hypertrophy
    4. Utility of different muscle flaps that can be raised from muscle of mastication
23. Development of face under
    1. Pharyngeal arches and it’s derivatives
    2. Development of complete unilateral cleft
    3. Development of tongue
    4. Syndromes affecting orofacial region
24. Notochord
25. Facial nerve + Facial paralysis
26. Articulation of bones of midface in reference to midface fractures
27. Structural anatomy of nose
28. Venous drainage of tongue
29. Describe fascial layers of neck. Classify facial spaces of head and neck. Parapharyngeal space infections:
    1. Clinical features
    2. Diagnosis
    3. Management
    4. Complications
30. Surgical anatomy of fibula
31. Draw a neat labelled diagram of Trigeminal Nerve. Explain in detail about Trigeminal neuralgia
    1. Signs
    2. Symptoms
    3. Treatment
    4. Recent advances
32. Branches of External Carotid artery. Describe indication for ligation of external carotid artery and procedure in detail
33. Describe surgical anatomy of nose and discuss the features of cleft nose
34. Arterial supply of head and neck region, ligation of ECA
35. Cervicofacial spaces
36. Cavernous sinus & Cavernous sinus thrombosis
37. Lymphatic drainage of head and neck and its clinical implications. Different methods of investigation, lymph node involvement
38. Anatomy of maxillary antrum. Add a note on oroantral fistula
39. Embryology of cleft lip and palate
40. Lateral pharyngeal space, boundaries contents and methods of drainage
41. Assessment of cranial nerves after maxillofacial trauma
42. Pharyngeal pouches
43. Thyroglossal cyst
44. Developmental disturbances of paraoral and oral soft tissues
45. Development of palate and its anomalies
46. Maxillary air sinus
47. Trigeminal nerve
48. Ethmoid air sinus
49. Age changes in mandible
50. Development of maxilla
51. Methods of TMJ examination (Chair side)
52. Palatine tonsils
53. Development of lip and applied aspects
54. Histology of alveolar bone
55. Boundaries and contents of submandibular triangle
56. Applied aspect of greater auricular nerve
57. Facial artery
58. Optic ganglion
59. Dislocation of TMJ
60. Lingual Nerve
61. Surgical anatomy of orbit
62. Lymphatic drainage of tongue
63. Muscles of mastication
64. First arch syndrome
65. Chorda tympani
66. Scalp
67. Cavernous sinus thrombosis
68. Nose, surgical anatomy, Keisselback’s plexus
69. Iliac crest
70. Costochondral graft
71. Derivatives of branchial arch
72. Greater auricular nerve
73. Surgical anatomy of submandibular gland duct
74. First arch syndromes
75. Surgical anatomy of floor of mouth
76. Describe in detail the parasympathetic ganglions of head and neck

If you find some questions missing, do let us know via commenting in the section below and we shall add those questions too. These questions might come in handy when you are preparing for your MDS First Year General Anatomy Exam in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

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Last updated on May 5th, 2021 at 21:40