Misc Board Questions ; MDC Dental Hygiene
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laurishly on March 20, 2010
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TCC Dental Hygiene (Class of 2012)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Cone-shaped teeth are characteristic of | ectodermal dysplasia |
| What is the origin of the epithelium that lines periapical cysts? | Rests of Malassez |
| The leading cause of death in industrialized Western countries is | ischemic heart disease |
| Vital minerals associated with fluid balance | sodium & potassium |
| A mass formed from the constituents of the blood within the vessels or the heart during life | thrombus |
| Innervation of the submandibular and sublingual salivary glands is supplied by which nerve? | Facial Nerve |
| Which one of the following muscles is innervated by the facial nerve and the trigeminal nerve? | digastric nerve |
| sternohyoid | Which one of the following muscles functions to depress the hyoid bone? |
| Rectangular collimation reduces scatter radiation by _%? | 30% |
| Pulmonary edema is often a sign of | left sided heart failure |
| What heart chamber has the thickest valve? | left ventricle |
| Angina can be relieved by | nitro |
| When the left ventricle contracts, which valve opens? | Aortic valve |
| Some risk factors for infective endocarditis is: | coronary heart disease previous use of phen/fen mitral valve prolapse prosthetic heart valves |
| adenoma of the pituitary gland is | acromegaly |
| The sum of all ventricular cell depolarizations (the main contraction of the heart)? | QRS complex |
| Which blood vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart? | pulmonary vein |
| The stimulus of respiration is controlled by amount of carbon dioxide in... | arterial blood |
| Characteristics of Cushing's syndrome: | results from hyperfunction of the adrenal gland characterized by delayed wound healing characterized by "buffalo hump" |
| Exophthalmos, nervousness, tachycarrdia, heat intolerance, and hypertension most likely suggest: | HYPERthyroidism |
| 25. Deoxygenated blood from the body enters which heart chamber? | Right atrium |
| Which of the following abscesses is associated with infrabony pockets? | periodontal absess |
| The junctional epithelium is attached to the cementum via: | hemidesmosomes |
| collagenase, elastase, glucoronidase and hyaluronidase destroy which tissue of the periodontium? | Connective Tissue |
| A frenum pull is what kind of defect? | mucogingival defect |
| Localized aggressive perio primarily effects | Adolescents |
| Prognosis for grade III furcation | hopeless |
| Goal of root planing: | Gain connective tissue attachment |
| Characteristics of Opsonins | facilitate phagocytosis coat antigens enhance ingestion of bacteria |
| Collagen fibers trapped in the precementum matrix as it calcifies are known as | sharpey's fibers |
| Examples of connective tissue fiber... | circular, transseptal, dentogingival |
| The lack of bone covering the root in a cleft formation is called: | dihescence |
| Bacteria associated with NUG | prevotella intermedia |
| Which of the following toothpaste ingredients has been associated with gingival lesions? | sodium lauryl sulfate |
| Acellular cementum is located... | on the cervical 1/3 of root |
| Cell that produces collagen | fibroblast |
| Periodontal disease alters what kind of cell? | neutrophils |
| Vertical bone loss is what kind of pocket? | infrabony |
| Which layer of epithelium lies adjacent to connective tissue? | stratum basale |
| What layer is missing in lining mucosa? | stratum corneum |
| In the oral mucosa, what layer is actively dividing? | stratum basale |
| The cell that provides the natural coloration of the oral mucosa and the epidermis is | melanocyte |
| The connective tissue covering the outside of bone is called | periosteum |
| Alveolar bone resembles____ histologically? | cementum |
| The thickened band of oral epithelium that will become the enamel organ is called | dental lamina |
| Structure of enamel organ that becomes ameloblasts | inner enamel epithelium |
| When does root formation begin? | When crown is formed but not fully calcified |
| If epithelial rests are left in the periodontal ligament after tooth development, what could occur? | a cyst |
| When is the developing root completely formed? | 2-3 years after eruption |
| What is the primary function of the periodontal ligament? | support |
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