Dental Hygiene Local Anesthesia Board
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
The vascular tissue that may be injured in a PSA injection is the - answer✔✔Pterygoid plexus of
veins
Nerves involved in taste: - answer✔✔Glossopharyngeal (IX)
Vagus (X)
Facial (VII)
The second part of the trigeminal nerve is the - answer✔✔Maxillary division
The nerve supply to the maxillary central incisors is the - answer✔✔ASA
The nerve supply to the mucosa of the lower lip is the - answer✔✔mental nerve
The nerve supply to the palatal gingiva of the maxillary central incisor is the -
answer✔✔Nasopalatine
supplies taste sensation to the anterior 2/3 of tongue - answer✔✔Chorda Tympani
The cranial nerve that passes through both the internal acoustic meatus and the stylomastiod
foramen to the leave skull is the - answer✔✔Facial Nerve (VII)
The terminal branch of the inferior alveolar nerve that continues forward within the mandibular
anterior to the mental foramen is the - answer✔✔Incisive
What injection is likely to encroach the buccinator muscle - answer✔✔Inferior Alveolar
The Nodes of Ranvier on a nerve: - answer✔✔-not covered by Schwann cells
-allow impulses to "hop" over lengths of fiber
-are part of the axon
T/F.
A-a and C peripheral nerve fibers carry pain temperature and pressure - answer✔✔False