NBDHE Exam review questions with
correct answers
Which muscle shifts the mandible to the side of the face?
a. masseter
b. temporalis
c. medial pterygoid
d. lateral pterygoid
e. sternocleidomastoid - correct answer -d. lateral pterygoid
The maxillary teeth, buccal gingiva, and pulp of molars are innervated by which cranial nerve?
a. v
b. III
c. IX
d. IX
e. VII - correct answer -a. v
The submandibular gland, which lies superior to the digastric muscles, and divided into superficial and
deep lobes, are separated by the mylohyoid muscle. It produces serous type secretion only from the
Stensen's duct.
a. both statements are true
b. both statements are false
c. the first statement is true, the second false
d. the first statement is false, the second true - correct answer -c. the first statement is true, the second
false
All but which of the following contain taste buds?
a. foliate
b. filiform
,c. fungiform
d. circumvallate
e. foliate lingual - correct answer -b. filiform
Major branches of the maxillary artery include all by which of the following?
a. infraorbital
b. inferior alveolar
c. superior thyroid
d. greater palatine
e. posterior superior alveolar - correct answer -c. superior thyroid
The pituitary gland is an endocrine gland protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of
the brain. This gland is responsible for thyroid glands and metabolism as well as water/salt
concentration at the kidneys, temperature regulation, and pain relief.
a. both statements are true
b. both statements are false
c. the first statement is true, the second false
d. the first statement is false, the second true - correct answer -a. both statements are true
Eventually, in tooth development, the condensation of ectomesenchymal cells will form the dental sac,
which will develop into which of the following?
a. PDL
b. Pulp
c. Dentin
d. Enamel - correct answer -a. PDL
Which of the following arteries carries deoxygenated blood?
a. facial
b. lingual
c. maxillary
,d. pulmonary
e. superior thyroid - correct answer -d. pulmonary
T lymphocytes mature in which of the following?
a. bone
b. thyroid gland
c. thymus gland
d. pituitary gland
e. parathyroid gland - correct answer -c. thymus gland
Which of the following teeth may exhibit a Cusp of Carabelli?
All of the following are muscles of mastication except for which?
a. masseter
b. buccinator
c. temporalis
d. lateral pterygoid
, e. medial pterygoid - correct answer -b. buccinator
Which of the following primary teeth erupts first?
a. maxillary incisors
b. mandibular incisors
c. mandibular cuspids
d. maxillary first molars
e. mandibular first molars - correct answer -b. mandibular incisors
In a patient that grinds, which of the following muscles will be prominent?
a. masseter
b. temporalis
c. zygomaticus
d. buccinator
e. lateral pterygoid - correct answer -a. masseter
Which of the following muscles retract the tongue?
a. transverse
b. hyoglossus
c. styloglossus
d. genioglossus
e. superior longitudinal - correct answer -c. styloglossus
All of the following are branches of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve except which?
a. lingual
b. masseteric
c. deep temporal
d. inferior alveolar
e. superior alveolar - correct answer -e. superior alveolar
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