Q18: Which muscle divides the
Submandibular gland into deep & superficial parts?
a) Omohyoid
b) Sternothyroid
c) Mylohyoid
d) Anterior belly of diagastric
Correct Answer: c
Explanation:
Submandibular gland lies in the
floor of the mouth. It has two parts, a deep part and a superficial part. The
gland is hook shaped. It hooks around the origin of mylohyoid muscle from the
mylohyoid line on the inner suface of body of mandible. As it hooks around this
muscle, the gland is itself gets divided into a deep & superficial part.
See diagram below for a conceptual view.
Mylohyoid Muscle & Submandibular
gland
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