MDS PREP
All of the following are true about trigeminal neuralgia EXCEPT
1. It is unilateral
2. It is of throbbing nature
3. It is triggered by touching cheeks, mucosa etc
4. Occurs in bouts
Oral Pathology
Answer: 2
Trigeminal neuralgia is not characterized by throbbing pain; it is typically sharp and stabbing.
Initiator in developing solution is
1. Acetic acid
2. Sodium thiosulphate
3. Hydroquinone
4. Potassium bromide
Oral Pathology
Answer: 3
Hydroquinone is the initiator in developing solutions for photographic films.
Quantity of current can be increased by
1. Increased milliamperage
2. Increased time
3. Increased tube current
4. All of the above
Oral Pathology
Answer: 4
Quantity of current can be increased by increasing milliamperage, time, and tube current.
In treatment of oral cancers, the fraction of total dose given in each appointment is in the range of
1. 150 rad
2. 300 rad
3. 400 rad
4. 500 rad
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
In the treatment of oral cancers, the fraction of total dose given in each appointment is typically around 150 rad.
Prolonged administration of broad spectrum antibiotics results in the formation of
1. Black hairy tongue
2. Decrease exposure time
3. Geographic tongue
4. Fissured tongue
Oral Pathology
Answer: 1
Prolonged administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics can lead to black hairy tongue.
Osteomalacia is
1. Defective osteoid + normal mineralization
2. Normal osteoid + defective mineralization
3. Abnormal osteoid + abnormal mineralization
4. Normal osteoid and demineralization
Osteomalacia is characterized by abnormal osteoid and abnormal mineralization.
Hereditary spherocytosis is due to deficiency -
1) Spectrin
2) Invertin
3) Cytokeratin
4) All of the above
General Pathology
Answer: 1
Hereditary spherocytosis is primarily due to a deficiency of spectrin, a protein that helps maintain the integrity of the red blood cell membrane.
Which of the following is NOT a typical symptom of rheumatoid arthritis?
1) Stiffness, especially in the morning
2) Asymmetric arthritis
3) Dactylitis
4) Rheumatoid nodules
Asymmetric arthritis is not a typical symptom of rheumatoid arthritis; it usually presents as symmetric polyarthritis.