FREE NBDE Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

The palatine bone of the mouth, separates the oral cavity from which body cavity?

Accepted Answer

Nasal Cavity

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Buccal Space

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Mental Space

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Submandibular space

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Oropharynx

Question 2

Which nerve is responsible for causing elevation of the soft palate during the swallowing process?

Accepted Answer

Vagus nerve

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Vestibulocochlear nerve

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Facial nerve

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Hypoglossal nerve

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Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 3

While repairing an injury to the temporomandibular joint, the surgeon notes significant amounts of hemorrhage from the artery that courses medial to the neck of the mandibular condyle. What artery  is injured?

Accepted Answer

Maxillary artery

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Internal carotid artery

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External carotid artery

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Facial artery

Question 4

Which vessels supply the buccal gingiva overlying tooth #3?

Accepted Answer

Posterior superior alveolar vessels

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Anterior superior alveolar vessels

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Middle superior alveolar vessels

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Inferior alveolar vessels

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Greater palatine vessels

Question 5

The blood supply to the periodontal ligament (PDL) comes from the:

Accepted Answer

Maxillary artery

Answer

Facial artery

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Lingual artery

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Occipital artery

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Ascending pharyngeal artery

Question 6

Which of the following molecules is primarily produced when glycogen is degraded?

Accepted Answer

Glucose 1-Phosphate

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Glucagon

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Glycogen phosphorylase

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Protein kinase

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Glucagon Synthase

Question 7

At which location does glycogen synthesis usually occur?

Accepted Answer

Cytosol

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Endoplasmic reticulum

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Skeletal muscle

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Extracellularly

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Liver

Question 8

Hemoglobin molecules are essential with oxygen transport. Only one molecule of oxygen may bind to a hemoglobin molecule. (Select the correct choice)

Accepted Answer

The first statement is true, the second is false

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Both statements are true

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Both statements are false

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The first statement is false, the second is true

Question 9

The process that converts glucose-6-P to glycogen is known as:

Accepted Answer

Glycogenesis

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Glycolysis

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Gluconeogenesis

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Glycogenolysis

Question 10

Which of the following mandibular premolars has a mesial groove, distal groove, and lingual groove on the occlusal surface?

Accepted Answer

Mandibular second premolar three-cusp type

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Mandibular first premolar two-cusp type

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Mandibular first premolar three-cusp type

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Mandibular second premolar two-cusp type

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Mandibular second premolar with an H-shaped groove pattern