1031. The cells most frequently found in a Granuloma are:

A: Mast cells
B: Giant cells
C: Lymphocytes *
D: Neutrophils
E: RBCs

1032. A cyst occurring under the tongue, caused by obstruction of a salivary gland duct, is called a:

A. Follicular cyst
B. Dentigerous cyst
C. Ranula *
D. Dermoid cyst
E. Epidermoid cyst

1033. The most common benign tumor occurring in the oral cavity is the:

A. Papilloma
B. Adenoma
C. Fibroma *
D. Hemangioma
E. Lipoma

1034. The most common malignancy found in the oral cavity is:

A. Basal cell carcinoma
B. Transitional cell carcinoma
C. Melanoma
D. Squamous cell carcinoma *
E. Adenocarcinoma

1035. The excessive formation of scar tissue is called:

A. Fibroma
B. Myxoma
C. Keloid *
D. Myoma
E.Carcinoma

1036. Failure of the tuberculum impar to retract prior to fusion of the lateral halves of the tongue results in:

A. Median rhomboid glossitis *
B. Cleft (bifid) tongue
C. Geographic tongue
D. Scrotal tongue
E. Sarcoma of tongue

1037. Atrophy of the, pharyngeal, and gastric mucosa, koilonychias (spoon nails), and predisposition to oral carcinoma in postmenopausal women are features of:

A. Iron deficiency anemia
B. Pernicious anemia
C. Sturge-Weber-Dimitri syndrome
D. Plummer-Vinson syndrome *
E. Trisomy 21

1039. A normal clot retraction time, which is independent of coagulation time, is indicative of a normal number of circulating:

A. Platelets *
B. Lymphocytes
C. Monocytes
D. Red blood cells
E. Neutrophils

1040. The most likely diagnosis in a 23-year-old, mentally alert, male dwarf with disproportionate arm and leg to body growth, prominent forehead, and retruded maxilla is:

A. Cretinism
B. Pituitary dwarfism
C. Acromegaly
D. Achondroplasia *
E. Eagle’s syndrome