Oral Path Midterm
Oral Pathology Mastery Quiz
Test your knowledge on oral pathology with this comprehensive midterm quiz designed for students and professionals alike. Challenge yourself with multiple-choice questions covering various aspects of oral diseases and conditions.
Key Features:
- 30 multiple-choice questions
- Covers essential topics in oral pathology
- Designed for medical students, dental professionals, and educators
Which descriptive term is described as a small fluid filled lesion?
A. Bulla
B. Vesicle
C. Lobule
D. Macule
Which condition is not diagnosed through clinical appearance?
A. Mandibular tori
B. Fordyce granules
C. Black hairy tongue
D. Compound odontoma
Retrocuspid papillae are located on the
A. palate.
B. Floor of the mouth.
C. Gingival margin of the lingual aspect of mandibular cuspids.
D. Canine eminence
A Stafne bone cyst contains
A. Salivary gland tissue.
B. An empty void
C. Inflammatory cells.
D. An epithelium-lined cyst containing serous fluid.
Another term for an amalgam tattoo is a
A. melanoma.
B. Focal argyrosis.
C. nevus.
D. Multiple myeloma.
A pathologic lesion found frequently in 30-year-old black women that requires a radiographic image and historical data for diagnosis is termed
A. Verrucous vulgaris.
B. Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.
C. Periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia.
D. Amalgam tattoo.
Each of the following conditions is considered an autoimmune disease with the exception on one. Which is the exception?
A. Sjogren Syndrome
B. Pemphigus Vulgaris
C. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
D. Multifocal Epithelial Hyperplasia
Urticaria is an example of a(n)
A. Genetic disorder.
B. Developmental disturbance.
C. Immediate response to an allergen.
D. Immunodeficiency response.
What is the radiographic appearance of periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia in its earliest stage?
A. Radiolucent
B. Radiopaque
C. Radiolucent and radiopaque
D. Cotton-wool radiolucencies
A "white" hairy tongue indicates an increase in the amount of
A. keratin.
B. medications.
C. Fluoride use.
D. HPV circulating in the blood.
A increase in the size and function of a cell, a tissue, an organ, or the body is referred to as
A. emigration.
B. hyperplasia.
C. hypertrophy
Which type of inflammation occurs when the injury is long standing and and its source is not removed from the tissue?
A. Acute
B. Chronic
C. Local
D. Systemic
Which cell is the first to arrive at the site of injury and is the primary cell type involved in acute inflammation?
A. Macrophage
B. Neutrophil
C. Plasma cell
D. Mast cell
The first microscopic event in the inflammatory response is
A. Decreased blood flow.
B. Constriction of the microvasculature.
C. phagocytosis.
D. Dilation of microvasculature.
Which habit is not a cause of abrasion?
A. Pipe placement by smokers
B. Playing wind instruments
C. Holding needles or pins with the teeth
D. Frequent sucking of lemons
The major cause of a mucocele is
A. A sialolith.
B. Salivary duct obstruction.
C. Trauma to a minor duct.
D. Allergic reaction.
Which inflammatory periapical lesion is most painful?
A. Periapical abscess
B. Periapical granuloma
C. Radicular cyst
D. Residual cyst
During the acute inflammatory process, the second type of white blood cell to emigrate from the blood vessel into the injured tissue is termed
A. macrophage.
B. neutrophil.
C. Plasma cell.
D. lymphocyte.
Aspirin burn to the oral mucosa appears as:
A. white
B. pigmented
C. bulbous
D. papillary
Your patient presents with tooth structure that has been lost around occlusal restorations. The amalgam restorations appear raised from the surrounding demineralized tooth structure. Identify the traumatic injury to the teeth that has occurred:
A. Attrition
B. Abrasion
C. Abfraction
D. Erosion
The breakdown of cellular adhesion between epithelial cells is termed
A. cell-mediated immunity.
B. acantholysis.
C. Nikolsky sign.
D. anaphylaxis.
Which is an example of type I hypersensitivity?
A. Immune complexes formed between microorganisms and antibody in the circulating blood
B. Asthma
C. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
D. Serum sickness
Wickham striae is a term used to describe the oral mucosal lesions of
A. Linea alba.
B. Frictional keratosis.
C. Lichen planus.
D. Erythema multiforme.
Which one is not a characteristic feature of pemphigus vulgaris?
A. Epithelial acantholysis
B. Bullae
C. Tzanck cells
D. Occurrence most commonly in females
The major divisions of the immune response are the cell-mediated and humoral responses. Both of these responses originate from what type of cell?
A. Plasma cell
B. Stem cell
C. T-lymphocyte
D. B-lymphocyte
In the mildest form of this autoimmune disease, oral lesions appear as erythematous plaques or erosions. White striae radiating from the center of the lesion are also commonly present. These oral lesions are indicative of what autoimmune disease?
A. Mucous membrane pemphigoid
B. Pemphigus vulgaris
C. Lupus erythematosus
D. Behçet syndrome
Anaphylaxis occurs as a result of what type of hypersensitivity?
I
II
III
IV
Acantholysis, or the dissolution of the intercellular bridges of the prickle cell layer of the epithelium, is an oral manifestation of which disease?
A. HIV
B. Urticaria
C. Pemphigus vulgaris
D. Behçet syndrome
Which protein molecule is produced by plasma cells and is also termed an immunoglobulin?
A. An autoimmune disease
B. A natural killer (NK) cell
C. Rheumatoid factor
D. An antibody
Tonsillitis and pharyngitis are caused by group A β-hemolytic streptococci. These conditions are significant because of their relationship to scarlet fever and rheumatic fever. Which condition may be related to heart valve damage?
A. Rheumatic fever
B. Strawberry tongue
C. Scarlet fever
D. Geographic tongue
Which disease is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Actinomycosis
C. Syphilis
D. Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (NUG)
The most characteristic form of which disease is the formation of abscesses that tend to drain from the mandible to the skin by the formation of sinus tracts, with sulfur granules in the pus draining from the sinus tracts?
A. Actinomycosis
B. Tuberculosis
C. Syphilis
D. Impetigo
Pericoronitis is most often associated with
A. Maxillary canines.
B. Mandibular third molars.
C. Maxillary second molars.
D. Mandibular first molars.
Acute osteomyelitis of the jaws may commonly result from which condition?
A. Extension of a periapical abscess
B. Surgery
C. Fracture of the jaw
D. Paget disease
Candidiasis is the result of an overgrowth of a
A. Yeastlike fungus.
B. spirochete
C. Filamentous bacterium.
D. Fusiform bacillus.
The presence of condyloma acuminatum in a child suggests
A. hypersensitivity.
B. Genetic predisposition.
C. Sexual abuse.
D. Autoimmune disease.
The patient is HIV seropositive. The most common intraoral locations for this lesion are the gingiva and palate. When diagnosed, this vascular lesion meets the criteria for the diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). What is the name of the vascular lesion?
A. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
B. Kaposi sarcoma
C. Thrombocytopenia
D. Hemangioma
In herpes labialis, the amount of virus present is highest in the __________ stage.
A. crusted
B. prodromal
C. vesicle
D. healing
Each benign lesion is caused by the HPV except one. Which one is the exception?
A. Focal epithelial hyperplasia
B. Condyloma acuminatum
C. NUG
D. Verruca vulgaris
Which term describes a disorder present at and existing from the time of birth?
A. Anomaly
B. Inherited
C. Congenital
D. Developmental
Which term defines the joining of two adjacent teeth by cementum only?
A. Twinning
B. Concrescence
C. Cementogenesis
D. Fusion
The _____ is characterized by its unique histologic appearance and its frequent recurrence rate.
A. Radicular cyst
B. Residual cyst
C. Dentigerous cyst
D. Odontogenic keratocyst
The lateral periodontal cyst occurs most often on the lateral aspect of a tooth root, which is usually the
A. Mandibular third molar.
B. Maxillary premolars.
C. Mandibular cuspid/premolars.
D. Maxillary anteriors.
What is the pseudocyst filled with salivary gland tissue that may be an extension of the sublingual gland?
A. Ranula
B. Static bone cyst
C. Lymphoepithelial cyst
D. Traumatic bone cyst
The most common supernumerary tooth is termed
A. distomolar.
B. mesiodens
C. Mulberry molar.
D. Turner tooth.
The developmental anomaly seen in this radiographic image is
A. taurodontism.
B. Mulberry molar.
C. Supernumerary roots on the mandibular premolars.
D. dilaceration.
This radiographic image clearly shows which developmental anomaly?
A. Dens in dente
B. Periapical pathology (PAP)
C. Caries
D. Open contacts
Regional odontodysplasia is also referred to as
A. hypodontia
B. Ghost teeth
C. taurodontism
D. Supernumerary teeth
Odontogenic keratocysts are a clinical component of
A. Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome.
B. Neurofibromatosis of von Recklinghausen.
C. cherubism.
D. Gardner syndrome
Where in the oral cavity is the presence of nicotine stomatitis most likely to be observed?
A. Hard palate
B. Soft palate
C. Buccal mucosa
D. Facial surfaces of anterior attached gingival
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