MED MISC DENTAL EXAM 1 – 8 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Dental Anatomy and Physiology
• The kind of tissue that serves as a lining for vessels inside the body and as skin that covers
is
tissue.
o Epithelial
• Name the bone of the cranium that forms part of the eye sockets, supports the back part
of the upper jaw, holds the pituitary gland, and transmits the optic nerve.
o Sphenoid
• In the system used by the armed services for numbering teeth, tooth number 13 is .
o Maxillary right first bicuspid
• Select the tooth with an oblique ridge and oblique groove. It also has three pits in three
distinct fossae – mesial, central and distal.
o Maxillary first molar
• In the system used by the armed services for numbering teeth, the mandibular right
central incisor is tooth number:
o 25
• In the average person, what is the number of white blood cells in a cubic millimeter of
blood.
o 5000 – 10000
• Which of the following forms a hard walled cavity that contains and protects the pulp?
o Dentin
• The muscle that forms the floor of the mouth is the
o Mylohyoid
• Which of the following teeth is a single cusp tooth located at the angle between the
anterior and posterior portions of the dental arch,, plays an important role in controlling
mandibular movement, and is sometimes called the “canine tooth” or “eye tooth”.
o Maxillary cuspid
• The artery that supplies the bones of the jaws, the teeth and their supporting tissue is the
o Maxillary artery
• What is the surface of a tooth called which normally contacts the tooth immediately
anterior to it in the dental arch?
o Mesial surface
• serves as filters to remove infectious materials
o Submaxillary nodes
• Which of the following are most closely associated with the roof of the mouth?
o Palate, hamular notch, and rugae.
• According to the subcourse text, the zygomatic process of the temporal bone is
often involved in facial fractures. A process is:
, o An extension or projection from a bone.
• In young persons, part of the enamel of the tooth is normally covered by
gingival tissue. Only the is exposed.
o Clinical crown
• The are the smallest and most symmetrical of all teeth. The root is
narrow mesiodistally, but broad faciolingually.
o Mandibular central incisor
• Normally, each of the four quadrants of the maxillary and mandibular arches
contains:
o 3 molars, 2 bicuspids, 1 cuspid, and 2 incisors.
,• It is in the that the necessary exchanges of water, gases, salts, food and
wastes between the blood and tissue occur:
o Capillaries
• The number of muscles in the human body is more than:
o 350
• Within the body of each maxillary bone is a large cavity called
o Antrum of highmore
• The are tiny air spaces in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide occurs
o Alveoli
• How many pairs of cranial nerves are there
o 12
• All of the following muscles raise the mandible against the maxilla with
considerable force except the:
o Lateral pteryoid
• In the cardiac cycle, systole is:
o The phase of contraction of the heart
• The anatomical landmark that is important when administering local
anesthesia on the mandibular nerve is the
o Mandibular foramina
• The narrow portion of the tooth where the crown and the root join is
commonly called
o Cervix
• Which body system contains sensory receptors for heat, cold, touch and pain
o Integumentary
• There are bones in the face
o 14
• Which facial bone forms the lower and outer edges of the orbit and joins the
maxilla at its anterior edge
o Zygomatic Bones
• A channel for the veins within the skull is called the
o Cavernous sinus
• There are bones in the adult human skeleton
o 206
• The organ that filters urinary wastes from the bloodstream is the:
o Kidney
• Each crown is divided into horizontal thirds, select the appropriate
terminology for anterior teeth
o Occlusal, middle and cervical
• Gingival tissue between the proximal surfaces of adjacent teeth is referred to as:
o Interproximal space
• The articular disc of the temporomandibular joint is attached (in front) to the:
o Posterior (articular) tubercle
• The nerve that supplies the maxillary incisors and cuspid is the
o Anterior superior alveolar nerve
• Which of the following is not a part of the ramus of the mandible?
o Mental foramen
• The horizontal of the overbite of the teeth is called:
, o Overjet
• When discussing the maxillary first molar, the terms “mesiolingual cusp” and
“distolingual cusp” were used. To what do these terms refer?
o Oblique groove
• A is a “fault occurring along developmental groove.”
o Fissure
• The tissues which form the upper and lower boundaries of the oral vestibule
comprise the:
o Mucobuccal folds
• A tooth is suspended in its socket by fibrous connective tissue called the:
o Periodontal ligament
• Which of the following is the larger tooth?
o Mandibular first molar
• Mandibular molars generally have roots
o Two
• The normally erupt at age 6 or 7 and contain many pits and fissures
o First molar
• Select the tooth ridge that is most important for charting and for operative
dentistry
o Oblique ridge
• Select the molar with a distal cusp (a fifth cusp) on the occlusal surface. It has
developmental grooves not found on other molars.
o Mandibular first molar
• Blood vessels and nerves enter the pulp of a tooth through the:
o Apical foramen
• The digestion process is completed in the:
o Small intestine
• Which salivary gland has an opening that is easily noted because of a high
elevation of mucous membrane
o Parotid
ANSWERS
Dental Anatomy and Physiology
• The kind of tissue that serves as a lining for vessels inside the body and as skin that covers
is
tissue.
o Epithelial
• Name the bone of the cranium that forms part of the eye sockets, supports the back part
of the upper jaw, holds the pituitary gland, and transmits the optic nerve.
o Sphenoid
• In the system used by the armed services for numbering teeth, tooth number 13 is .
o Maxillary right first bicuspid
• Select the tooth with an oblique ridge and oblique groove. It also has three pits in three
distinct fossae – mesial, central and distal.
o Maxillary first molar
• In the system used by the armed services for numbering teeth, the mandibular right
central incisor is tooth number:
o 25
• In the average person, what is the number of white blood cells in a cubic millimeter of
blood.
o 5000 – 10000
• Which of the following forms a hard walled cavity that contains and protects the pulp?
o Dentin
• The muscle that forms the floor of the mouth is the
o Mylohyoid
• Which of the following teeth is a single cusp tooth located at the angle between the
anterior and posterior portions of the dental arch,, plays an important role in controlling
mandibular movement, and is sometimes called the “canine tooth” or “eye tooth”.
o Maxillary cuspid
• The artery that supplies the bones of the jaws, the teeth and their supporting tissue is the
o Maxillary artery
• What is the surface of a tooth called which normally contacts the tooth immediately
anterior to it in the dental arch?
o Mesial surface
• serves as filters to remove infectious materials
o Submaxillary nodes
• Which of the following are most closely associated with the roof of the mouth?
o Palate, hamular notch, and rugae.
• According to the subcourse text, the zygomatic process of the temporal bone is
often involved in facial fractures. A process is:
, o An extension or projection from a bone.
• In young persons, part of the enamel of the tooth is normally covered by
gingival tissue. Only the is exposed.
o Clinical crown
• The are the smallest and most symmetrical of all teeth. The root is
narrow mesiodistally, but broad faciolingually.
o Mandibular central incisor
• Normally, each of the four quadrants of the maxillary and mandibular arches
contains:
o 3 molars, 2 bicuspids, 1 cuspid, and 2 incisors.
,• It is in the that the necessary exchanges of water, gases, salts, food and
wastes between the blood and tissue occur:
o Capillaries
• The number of muscles in the human body is more than:
o 350
• Within the body of each maxillary bone is a large cavity called
o Antrum of highmore
• The are tiny air spaces in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide occurs
o Alveoli
• How many pairs of cranial nerves are there
o 12
• All of the following muscles raise the mandible against the maxilla with
considerable force except the:
o Lateral pteryoid
• In the cardiac cycle, systole is:
o The phase of contraction of the heart
• The anatomical landmark that is important when administering local
anesthesia on the mandibular nerve is the
o Mandibular foramina
• The narrow portion of the tooth where the crown and the root join is
commonly called
o Cervix
• Which body system contains sensory receptors for heat, cold, touch and pain
o Integumentary
• There are bones in the face
o 14
• Which facial bone forms the lower and outer edges of the orbit and joins the
maxilla at its anterior edge
o Zygomatic Bones
• A channel for the veins within the skull is called the
o Cavernous sinus
• There are bones in the adult human skeleton
o 206
• The organ that filters urinary wastes from the bloodstream is the:
o Kidney
• Each crown is divided into horizontal thirds, select the appropriate
terminology for anterior teeth
o Occlusal, middle and cervical
• Gingival tissue between the proximal surfaces of adjacent teeth is referred to as:
o Interproximal space
• The articular disc of the temporomandibular joint is attached (in front) to the:
o Posterior (articular) tubercle
• The nerve that supplies the maxillary incisors and cuspid is the
o Anterior superior alveolar nerve
• Which of the following is not a part of the ramus of the mandible?
o Mental foramen
• The horizontal of the overbite of the teeth is called:
, o Overjet
• When discussing the maxillary first molar, the terms “mesiolingual cusp” and
“distolingual cusp” were used. To what do these terms refer?
o Oblique groove
• A is a “fault occurring along developmental groove.”
o Fissure
• The tissues which form the upper and lower boundaries of the oral vestibule
comprise the:
o Mucobuccal folds
• A tooth is suspended in its socket by fibrous connective tissue called the:
o Periodontal ligament
• Which of the following is the larger tooth?
o Mandibular first molar
• Mandibular molars generally have roots
o Two
• The normally erupt at age 6 or 7 and contain many pits and fissures
o First molar
• Select the tooth ridge that is most important for charting and for operative
dentistry
o Oblique ridge
• Select the molar with a distal cusp (a fifth cusp) on the occlusal surface. It has
developmental grooves not found on other molars.
o Mandibular first molar
• Blood vessels and nerves enter the pulp of a tooth through the:
o Apical foramen
• The digestion process is completed in the:
o Small intestine
• Which salivary gland has an opening that is easily noted because of a high
elevation of mucous membrane
o Parotid
