KROK 1 2023 – Question 70 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient has been diagnosed with atrophy of masticatory muscles. This group of muscles is innervated by branches of the following cranial nerve:
- A. Hypoglossal nerve
- B. Motor branches of the VII cranial nerve
- C. First branch of the trigeminal nerve
- D. Third branch of the trigeminal nerve
- E. Second branch of the trigeminal nerve
Hint
The chewing muscles develop from the first pharyngeal arch and are supplied by one division of a large cranial nerve that carries both motor and sensory fibres.
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