NEET MDS Shorts
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NEETMDS
Uhthoff's phenomenon (or sign) is the temporary worsening of neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS) due to an increase in body temperature.
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Dental Materials
Yield strength is the stress required to produce plastic deformation.
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PeriodonticsThe most frequently formed tissue at the tooth-tissue interface following flap surgery or curettage is long junctional epithelium.
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NEETMDS
Primary indication of W arch - Correction of posterior cross bite by arch
expansion
Primary indication of quad helix - Correction of combination of a posterior
crossbite and a finger-sucking habit
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PeriodonticsBone graft procedures are most successful in treating narrow three-wall defects.
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Physiology
Answer: 2) The primary effect of parathyroid hormone during pregnancy is to increase serum calcium levels by mobilizing calcium from maternal bones for fetal use.
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ProsthodonticsRelief is required beneath a mandibular lingual bar when the lingual tissues slope toward the tongue. This creates undercuts that would interfere with insertion and removal of the prosthesis. Relief allows the connector to pass over these undercuts without binding during function or causing tissue irritation.
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Oral PathologyHair-on-end appearance is caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis leading to expansion of diploe and perpendicular trabecular pattern. This occurs in severe chronic hemolytic anemias: Thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and Cooleys anemia (which is actually thalassemia major). Pagets disease shows a cotton-wool appearance with mixed lytic and sclerotic lesions, not the characteristic hair-on-end pattern.
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General MedicineRetrosternal chest pain lasting more than 30 minutes is most likely myocardial infarction (MI). Angina typically lasts 2-10 minutes and is relieved by rest or nitroglycerin. Pain persisting beyond 30 minutes suggests myocardial necrosis requiring immediate medical intervention.
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INI CET
Gardner syndrome is a subtype of familial adenomatous polyposis and is not typically associated with cleft lip and palate. Van der Woude syndrome, Popliteal pterygium syndrome, and Pierre Robin Sequence all have associations with cleft lip and palate or related craniofacial anomalies.