DENTAL HYGIENE SCIENTIFIC BASES
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION FULLY
UPDATED TEST PAPER SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
●● During periodontal surgery, a fenestration is exposed on tooth #6.
A fenestration is a defect of which type of bone?
A Compact
B Cancellous
C Interdental
D Interradicular
Answer: A
●● The fibrous connective tissue membrane covering the outside of
bone is called the
A endosteum.
B periosteum.
C hyaline cartilage.
D articular cartilage.
Answer: B
,●● What is the purpose of the synovial membrane in a synovial
joint?
A Secrete fluid into the joint cavity
B Surround the joint like a fibrous sleeve
C Innervate the muscles that move the joint
D Convey a sense of position and movement
Answer: A
●● Which component of a nerve conducts impulses toward the cell
body?
A Axon
B Soma
C Neuron
D Dendrite
Answer: D
●● Which spinal vertebrae fuse together to form a triangular mass?
A Sacral
B Lumbar
C Cervical
D Thoracic
Answer: A
,●● The ophthalmic nerve is the first division of the fifth cranial nerve
V, the trigeminal nerve. The maxillary nerve is the second division
of the trigeminal nerve.
A Both statements are true.
B Both statements are false.
C The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
D The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.
Answer: A
●● Which injections technique would be used to achieve anesthesia
of teeth #15 and #16?
A Nasopalatine block
B Anterosuperior alveolar block
C Middle superior alveolar block
D Posterosuperior alveolar block
Answer: D
●● The infraorbital foramen is located in which bone?
A Frontal
B Maxilla
C Zygomatic
, D Sphenoid
Answer: B
●● All of the following are foramina in the sphenoid bone EXCEPT
the
A incisive foramen.
B superior orbital fissure.
C foramen ovale.
D foramen rotundum.
Answer: A
●● Which muscle retracts the tongue?
A Genioglossus
B Hyloglossus
C Styloglossus
D Palatoglossus
Answer: C
●● Which plane of dissection divides the body into anterior and
posterior portions?
A Frontal
B Sagittal
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION FULLY
UPDATED TEST PAPER SOLUTIONS
ALREADY PASSED
●● During periodontal surgery, a fenestration is exposed on tooth #6.
A fenestration is a defect of which type of bone?
A Compact
B Cancellous
C Interdental
D Interradicular
Answer: A
●● The fibrous connective tissue membrane covering the outside of
bone is called the
A endosteum.
B periosteum.
C hyaline cartilage.
D articular cartilage.
Answer: B
,●● What is the purpose of the synovial membrane in a synovial
joint?
A Secrete fluid into the joint cavity
B Surround the joint like a fibrous sleeve
C Innervate the muscles that move the joint
D Convey a sense of position and movement
Answer: A
●● Which component of a nerve conducts impulses toward the cell
body?
A Axon
B Soma
C Neuron
D Dendrite
Answer: D
●● Which spinal vertebrae fuse together to form a triangular mass?
A Sacral
B Lumbar
C Cervical
D Thoracic
Answer: A
,●● The ophthalmic nerve is the first division of the fifth cranial nerve
V, the trigeminal nerve. The maxillary nerve is the second division
of the trigeminal nerve.
A Both statements are true.
B Both statements are false.
C The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
D The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.
Answer: A
●● Which injections technique would be used to achieve anesthesia
of teeth #15 and #16?
A Nasopalatine block
B Anterosuperior alveolar block
C Middle superior alveolar block
D Posterosuperior alveolar block
Answer: D
●● The infraorbital foramen is located in which bone?
A Frontal
B Maxilla
C Zygomatic
, D Sphenoid
Answer: B
●● All of the following are foramina in the sphenoid bone EXCEPT
the
A incisive foramen.
B superior orbital fissure.
C foramen ovale.
D foramen rotundum.
Answer: A
●● Which muscle retracts the tongue?
A Genioglossus
B Hyloglossus
C Styloglossus
D Palatoglossus
Answer: C
●● Which plane of dissection divides the body into anterior and
posterior portions?
A Frontal
B Sagittal
