NBDE PART I REMEMBERED
QUESTIONS 1 AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
The philtrum of the lip is formed from what? - ANS Medial nasal processes and maxillary
processes
Unilateral cleft lip is caused by what? - ANS When the maxillary prominence on the affected
side fails to join with the merged medial nasal prominences
What is the most abundant papilla on the tongue? - ANS Filiform
Esophageal varices are commonly seen in what? - ANS Alcoholics
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is present in SLE? - ANS Type III (immune-antibody
complex)
What are the symptoms of SLE? - ANS Women
Inflammation in joints, tendons and other CT and organs.
Butterfuly rash over cheeks and bridge of nose
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Individuals with SLE can have a false positive of what other disease? - ANS Syphilis
What are the sensory and motor components of the gag reflex? - ANS Sensory -
Glossopharyngeal
Motor - Vagus
What ligament prevents excessive retraction of the TMJ? - ANS TMJ ligament
How does the TMJ get nutrients? - ANS Through diffusion from the disk (synovial membrane
and synovial fluid provide nourishment and lubrication)
What artery supplies nutrients to the TMJ? - ANS External carotid artery
What structure passes deep to they hyoglossus muscle? - ANS Lingual ARTERY
Each of the following structures lies between the hyoglossus and the mylohyoid muscles EXCEPT
one. - ANS Lingual ARTERY
What premolar has the shorter central groove and more supplemental grooves? -
ANS Second maxillary premolar
Which premolar has a mesial groove? - ANS Maxillary first premolar
Which premolar has a lingual groove? - ANS Mandibular first premolar
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Which tooth has the longest crown? - ANS Mandibular canine
What is the only tooth that has its root inclined mesially? - ANS Mandibular canine
You have to do a RCT on a mandibular canine. What is the most likely complication you may
encounter? - ANS Bifurcated root
A bullet entering between teh 7th and 8th intercostal ribs would pierce which lobe of the lung?
- ANS Inferior lobe
What is mesentery? - ANS Tissue that connects the posterior wall of the peritoneal cavity to
the jejunum
What is cor pulomonale? - ANS Right ventricular enlargement secondary to a lung disorder
that causes pulmonary artery HTN. RV failure follows.
What does pulmonary HTN do to the RV? - ANS Increases afterload
CHF is most common on which side? - ANS RIGHT SIDE
Enlargement of RV
commonly from Pulmonary HTN
Does not involve left side of heart
Which vein comes off the renal vein on the left side, but the IVC on the right side? -
ANS Gonal vein
What produces intrinsic factor? - ANS Parietal cells (in the stomach)
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS 1 AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2026.
The philtrum of the lip is formed from what? - ANS Medial nasal processes and maxillary
processes
Unilateral cleft lip is caused by what? - ANS When the maxillary prominence on the affected
side fails to join with the merged medial nasal prominences
What is the most abundant papilla on the tongue? - ANS Filiform
Esophageal varices are commonly seen in what? - ANS Alcoholics
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is present in SLE? - ANS Type III (immune-antibody
complex)
What are the symptoms of SLE? - ANS Women
Inflammation in joints, tendons and other CT and organs.
Butterfuly rash over cheeks and bridge of nose
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Individuals with SLE can have a false positive of what other disease? - ANS Syphilis
What are the sensory and motor components of the gag reflex? - ANS Sensory -
Glossopharyngeal
Motor - Vagus
What ligament prevents excessive retraction of the TMJ? - ANS TMJ ligament
How does the TMJ get nutrients? - ANS Through diffusion from the disk (synovial membrane
and synovial fluid provide nourishment and lubrication)
What artery supplies nutrients to the TMJ? - ANS External carotid artery
What structure passes deep to they hyoglossus muscle? - ANS Lingual ARTERY
Each of the following structures lies between the hyoglossus and the mylohyoid muscles EXCEPT
one. - ANS Lingual ARTERY
What premolar has the shorter central groove and more supplemental grooves? -
ANS Second maxillary premolar
Which premolar has a mesial groove? - ANS Maxillary first premolar
Which premolar has a lingual groove? - ANS Mandibular first premolar
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Which tooth has the longest crown? - ANS Mandibular canine
What is the only tooth that has its root inclined mesially? - ANS Mandibular canine
You have to do a RCT on a mandibular canine. What is the most likely complication you may
encounter? - ANS Bifurcated root
A bullet entering between teh 7th and 8th intercostal ribs would pierce which lobe of the lung?
- ANS Inferior lobe
What is mesentery? - ANS Tissue that connects the posterior wall of the peritoneal cavity to
the jejunum
What is cor pulomonale? - ANS Right ventricular enlargement secondary to a lung disorder
that causes pulmonary artery HTN. RV failure follows.
What does pulmonary HTN do to the RV? - ANS Increases afterload
CHF is most common on which side? - ANS RIGHT SIDE
Enlargement of RV
commonly from Pulmonary HTN
Does not involve left side of heart
Which vein comes off the renal vein on the left side, but the IVC on the right side? -
ANS Gonal vein
What produces intrinsic factor? - ANS Parietal cells (in the stomach)
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
