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DAANCE MODULE 1 Basic sciences Practice QUIZ with Answers ................................................................. 1
DAANCE MODULE 2 Systemic diseases and evaluation/preparation of patients Practice QUIZ with
Answers ....................................................................................................................................................... 33
DAANCE MODULE 3 Anesthetic drugs and techniques Practice Quiz with Answers .................................. 46
DAANCE MODULE 4 Anesthesia equipment and monitoring Practice QUIZ with Answers ....................... 73
DAANCE MODULE 5 Office anesthesia emergencies Practice QUIZ with Answers .................................... 85
DAANCE MODULE 1 Basic sciences Practice QUIZ with Answers
1. What is the overall control center of the body, consisting of the brain and spinal cord?
Central Nervous System (CNS)
2. What are the main functions of the cerebral cortex?
thought, learning, memory, consciousness, the feeling of sensations such as pain or heat and the
initiation of muscle movement
3. What is are the main functions of the core of the brain?
It is a relay station between sensory inputs from the periphery of the body to the cerebral cortex; plays a
key role in autonomic functions and emotions as well.
4. What are the main functions of the cerebellum?
coordinating center for both sensory receptors, such as those for vision and hearing as well as
coordination of movement.
, 5. Where is the brainstem located?
between the brain's core and the spinal cord inferiorly.
6. What does the brainstem consist of?
the midbrain, Pons, and medulla oblongata
7. What are the main functions of the brainstem?
contains the important control centers for autonomic nervous system functions; also contains the
reticular formation that is responsible for the maintenance of conscious or arousal
8. What is the reticular formation responsible for?
maintenance of consciousness or arousal
9. What are the main functions of the Pons and medulla?
they contain important centers that are responsible for the control of blood pressure, heart rate,
respiration and digestion
10. How many cranial nerves are there?
12
11. The peripheral nerves that have their origin at the base of the brain are termed what?
,cranial nerves
12. The 2nd cranial nerve that allows us to see is called what?
optic nerve
13. The 1st cranial nerve that allows us to smell is called what?
olfactory nerve
14. The 8th cranial nerve that allows us to hear is called what?
auditory nerve
15. The 5th cranial nerve that supplies sensation to the teeth and jaws, and is also responsible for
jaw movement during chewing?
trigeminal nerve
16. The 7th cranial nerve that supplies motor fibers to the muscles of facial expression and allows us
to smile, frown, wrinkle or brow, etc?
facial nerve
17. Which nerve is of primary concern to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon when performing oral
surgery in the mouth under local anesthesia?
trigeminal nerve
, 18. What are the names of the 3 paired divisions of the trigeminal nerve?
First Division - Ophthalmic, Second Division - Maxillary, Third Division - Mandibular
19. For surgery on the mandible, which 2 nerves are usually anesthetized with a local injection at
the midpoint of the ascending ramus of the mandible?
inferior alveolar and lingual nerves
20. What local injection anesthetizes all of the mandibular teeth, chin and lip on the same side, and
with the lingual nerve, half of the tongue and the floor of the mouth?
Mandibular Block
21. What local injection anesthetizes the branches for the posterior portion of the maxillary
alveolus?
Posterior Superior Alveolar Block
22. What local injection anesthetizes the palate posteriorly on either side?
Greater Palatine Nerve Block
23. What local injection anesthetizes the palate anteriorly behind the anterior teeth?
Nasopalatine Nerve Block
24. Which nerves have their origin from the spinal cord running through the vertebral column?
spinal nerves