NBDHE Multiple Choice Questions
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Which of the following muscles protrude the mandible?
Masseter
Temporalis
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid - ANSWER-Lateral pterygoid
Which vein of the head and neck is formed by the drainage of venous blood from
the pterygoid plexus?
Lingual vein
Facial vein
Common facial vein
Maxillary vein - ANSWER-Maxillary vein
What bone is the non-articulated bone at the midline inferior to the mandible that
also shows up on panoramic radiographs?
Vomer bone
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,Zygomatic bone
Hyoid bone
Lacrimal bone - ANSWER-Hyoid bone
Which tooth is considered succedaneous?
#16
#24
#30
#31 - ANSWER-#24
A hygienist is doing an extraoral examination and asks the patient to swallow. She
detects something bilateral of the midline of the cervix, what could she have
detected?
Submental lymph nodes
Thyroid gland
Deep cervical lymph nodes
Supraclavicular lymph nodes - ANSWER-Thyroid gland
All of the following are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve EXCEPT:
Hypoglossus
Styloglossus
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,Genioglossus
Palatoglossus - ANSWER-Palatoglossus
All of the following are muscles of mastication except:
Medial pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis
Buccinator - ANSWER-Buccinator
What is the correct direction of the blood flow through the heart?
Right atrium-bicuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary artery (deoxygenated
blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-tricuspid valve--left
ventrical-aorta
Right atrium-tricuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary artery (deoxygenated
blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-mitral valve-left
ventricle-aorta - ANSWER-Right atrium-tricuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary
artery (deoxygenated blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-
mitral valve-left ventricle-aorta
At the cervical line, a cross section of the maxillary canine would show:
A round shape
An oval shape wider on the lingual than the labial
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, A triangular shape with a distinctly wider labial surface
An oval shape with a slightly wider labial surface - ANSWER-An oval shape with a
slightly wider labial surface
The genetic information of the cell is located in which of the following structures?
Nucleus only
Nucleoid only
Nuclear membrane only
Nucleus and nucleoid - ANSWER-Nucleus and nucleoid
What does the nucleus and the nucleoid have in common?
They are both organelles
They contain DNA
They are bound by a unit membrane
They are found only in prokaryotic organisms
They are found only in eukaryotic organisms - ANSWER-They contain DNA
The TMJ structure consists of:
One synovial compartment
An upper and lower nonsynovial compartment
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WITH Answers 100% Pass
Which of the following muscles protrude the mandible?
Masseter
Temporalis
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid - ANSWER-Lateral pterygoid
Which vein of the head and neck is formed by the drainage of venous blood from
the pterygoid plexus?
Lingual vein
Facial vein
Common facial vein
Maxillary vein - ANSWER-Maxillary vein
What bone is the non-articulated bone at the midline inferior to the mandible that
also shows up on panoramic radiographs?
Vomer bone
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,Zygomatic bone
Hyoid bone
Lacrimal bone - ANSWER-Hyoid bone
Which tooth is considered succedaneous?
#16
#24
#30
#31 - ANSWER-#24
A hygienist is doing an extraoral examination and asks the patient to swallow. She
detects something bilateral of the midline of the cervix, what could she have
detected?
Submental lymph nodes
Thyroid gland
Deep cervical lymph nodes
Supraclavicular lymph nodes - ANSWER-Thyroid gland
All of the following are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve EXCEPT:
Hypoglossus
Styloglossus
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,Genioglossus
Palatoglossus - ANSWER-Palatoglossus
All of the following are muscles of mastication except:
Medial pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis
Buccinator - ANSWER-Buccinator
What is the correct direction of the blood flow through the heart?
Right atrium-bicuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary artery (deoxygenated
blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-tricuspid valve--left
ventrical-aorta
Right atrium-tricuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary artery (deoxygenated
blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-mitral valve-left
ventricle-aorta - ANSWER-Right atrium-tricuspid valve-right ventricle-pulmonary
artery (deoxygenated blood)-lungs-pulmonary vein (oxygenated blood)-left atrium-
mitral valve-left ventricle-aorta
At the cervical line, a cross section of the maxillary canine would show:
A round shape
An oval shape wider on the lingual than the labial
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, A triangular shape with a distinctly wider labial surface
An oval shape with a slightly wider labial surface - ANSWER-An oval shape with a
slightly wider labial surface
The genetic information of the cell is located in which of the following structures?
Nucleus only
Nucleoid only
Nuclear membrane only
Nucleus and nucleoid - ANSWER-Nucleus and nucleoid
What does the nucleus and the nucleoid have in common?
They are both organelles
They contain DNA
They are bound by a unit membrane
They are found only in prokaryotic organisms
They are found only in eukaryotic organisms - ANSWER-They contain DNA
The TMJ structure consists of:
One synovial compartment
An upper and lower nonsynovial compartment
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