NBDHE Practice Test Actual Exam Questions with Correct

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Which is the functional unit of striated muscle?

• A band
• I band
• H Zone
• Sarcomere
• Sarcomere

Slightly damaged tissue completely returns to its normal structure and function in which healing process?

• Primary intention
• Regeneration
• Repair
• Secondary intention
• Regeneration

In a normal differential blood count, which is the most numerous white blood cell?

• Basophils
• Lymphocytes
• Monocytes
• Neutrophils
• Neutrophils

The two buccal roots are normally about the same length in: 1 / 3

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• The maxillary first molars only
• the maxillary second molars only
• the maxillary third molars only
• both maxillary first and second molars
• the maxillary second molars only

The most common autopsy finding in instances of sudden death as a result of myocardial infarction is:

• aneurysm of the heart wall
• coronary thrombosis
• fibrous pericarditis
• valvular prolapse
• coronary thrombosis

Which is not a characteristic of salivary glycoproteins?

• block binding of bacteria to pellicle
• enhance binding of bacteria to tooth surfaces
• interact with calcium and phosphate in hydroxyapatite
• result from lysis of bacterial cell walls
• enhance binding of bacteria to tooth surfaces

Each of the following statements is correct regarding saltatory conduction except one. What is the exception?

• it involves the nodes of Ranvier
• it is associated with unmyelinated axons
• it is energy saving
• it is faster
• It is associated with unmyelinated axons
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pg. 3 Each of the following is a rule for antibiotic selection when managing an oral infection except one. Which is the exception?

• debride infectious debris
• provide effective environment for host immune response
• select agent to which infecting organism is susceptible
• select agent with broadest spectrum of activity
• Select agent with broadest spectrum if activity

Thyroxine increases each of the following except one. Which is the exception?

• metabolic rate and heart production
• oxygen consumption, breathing, and cardiac output
• production of thyroid stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland
• protein synthesis and enzyme production by cells
• production of thyroid stimulating hormone by the pituitary gland

Which is correct concerning the primitive groove?

• assists in the formation of trilaminar germ disc
• located on the endoderm
• located on the mesoderm
• precursor of the bilaminar germ disk
• precursor of the bilaminar germ disk

Which is a pathologic wearing away of tooth structure through some abnormal mechanical process?

• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Bruxism
• Erosion
• Attrition
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