KROK 1 2014 – Question 60 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A female patient has facial neuritis that has caused mimetic paralysis and hearing impairment. Hearing impairment results from the paralysis of the following muscle:
- A. Posterior auricular muscle
- B. Nasal muscle
- C. Superior auricular muscle
- D. Anterior auricular muscle
- E. Stapedius muscle
Hint
The facial nerve supplies more than the muscles of expression; ask which muscle it serves that influences how sound is transmitted to the inner ear.
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