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NBDHE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS & UPGRADED ANSWERS RATED 100% CORRECT ALL PASSED NEWEST VERSION refers to preparation for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination, a major licensing exam for dental hygienists in the United States administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations under the American Dental Association.

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NBDHE MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS & UPGRADED ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT ALL PASSED
NEWEST VERSION
Which of the following muscles protrude the mandible?
Masseter
Temporalis
Lateral pterygoid
Medial pterygoid - Correct 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 - Correct 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
Zygomatic bone
Hyoid bone
Lacrimal bone - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hyoid bone

Which tooth is considered succedaneous?
#16
#24
#30
#31 - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ✔✔ Thyroid gland

All of the following are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve EXCEPT:
Hypoglossus
Styloglossus

,Genioglossus
Palatoglossus - Correct Answer ✔✔ Palatoglossus

All of the following are muscles of mastication except:
Medial pterygoid
Masseter
Temporalis
Buccinator - Correct 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 -
Correct 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
A triangular shape with a distinctly wider labial surface
An oval shape with a slightly wider labial surface - Correct 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 - Correct 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 - Correct Answer ✔✔ They contain DNA

The TMJ structure consists of:
One synovial compartment
An upper and lower nonsynovial compartment
Two synovial compartments
Two nonsenovoial compartments - Correct Answer ✔✔ Two synovial compartments

Which of the following signs is not expected to be seen in a temporomandibular joint
(TMJ) disorder?

,Swelling and erythema over joint
Clicking of the joint
Wearing of the occlusal surfaces of the teeth
Limited jaw opening
Crepitus over joint - Correct Answer ✔✔ Swelling and erythema over the joint

What is the most common cause of a dental abscess?
Trauma to the tooth
Ludwig's angina
Extension of the dental caries process into the pulp of the tooth
Bruxism
Facial cellulitis - Correct Answer ✔✔ Extension of the dental caries process into the
pulp of the tooth

Which of the following fiber bundles make up the bulk of the periodontal ligament?
Transseptal fibers
Interradicular fibers
Alveolar crest fibers
Oblique fibers - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oblique fibers

Which tooth is the most common for microdontia?
Maxillary lateral incisor
Maxillary central incisor
Mandibular lateral incisor
Mandibular canine - Correct Answer ✔✔ Maxillary lateral incisor

Which of the following is the only artery to carry deoxygenated blood?
Internal carotid artery
Pulmonary artery
External carotid artery
Opthalmic Artery - Correct Answer ✔✔ Pulmonary artery

Which cranial nerve is a motor nerve, arises from the medulla oblongata, and controls
the muscles of the tongue?
Trigeminal
Hypoglossal
Vagus
Glossopharyngeal - Correct Answer ✔✔ Hypoglossal

What does a pacemaker of the heart replace?
Left ventricle
Aorta
Tricuspid valve
Sinoatrial node (SA node) - Correct Answer ✔✔ Sinoatrial node (SA node)

, Which maxillary tooth has an oblique ridge that runs from the distobuccal cusp to the
mesiolingual cusp?
#13
#14
#15
#16 - Correct Answer ✔✔ #14

If there is a large curve or bend in the root of a tooth, which of the following conditions is
present?
Gemination
Fusion
Conrescence
Dilaceration - Correct Answer ✔✔ Dilaceration

Which organ is most likely to be affected by hepatitits C?
Heart
Liver
Gallbladder
Pancreas - Correct Answer ✔✔ Liver

Which artery provides blood flow to the floor of the mouth?
Internal carotid artery
Facial artery
Lingual artery
Lingual vein - Correct Answer ✔✔ Lingual artery

Which one of these principal fiber groups extends from cementum coronally to bone?
Apical fibers
Oblique fibers
Alveolar crest fibers
Interradicular fibers - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oblique fibers

What type of fluid does the Stenson's duct secrete?
Serous fluid only
Mucous fluid only
Mixed fluid secretion (serous and mucus)
None of the above - Correct Answer ✔✔ Serous fluid only

Which gland secretes the largest portion of saliva in the mouth?
Sublingual gland
Submandibular gland
Partotid gland
Adrenal gland - Correct Answer ✔✔ Submandibular gland

How many bones does the orbit consist of?
4 bones

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