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  1. Carmalt’s gland is/are
    A. Major salivary gland
    B. Minor salivary gland (retromolar)
    C. Minor salivary gland (lingual)
    D. Taste Buds
  2. In the clinical evaluation, the most significant finding of a parotid mass may be accompanying
    A. Slow progressive painless enlargement
    B. Nodular in consistency
    C. Submental & pre-auricular lymphadenopathy
    D. Facial paralysis
  3. Frey’s syndrome can occur following
    A. Saggital split osteotomy
    B. Caldwell Luc operation
    C. Parotidectomy
    D. Marsupialization
  4. Dilation of the salivary duct secondary to epithelial atrophy as a result of repeated inflammatory or infectious process is:
    A. Sialodochitis
    B. Sialadeniti
    C. Sialolithiasis
    D. Mucocele
  5. Submandibular calculus can be removed by
    A. Dilation of the duct
    B. Excision of the opening of duct
    C. Removal of the gland
    D. Incision of the duct and removal of calculus
  6. Submandibular duct is exposed via intraoral approach by incising the
    A. Buccinators
    B. Mucous membrane
    C. Masseter
    D. All of the above
  7. During the medial approach for submandibular gland surgery the nerve least likely to be injured is:
    A. Facial nerve
    B. Hypoglossal nerve
    C. Glossopharyngeal nerve
    D. Lingual nerve
  8. Excision of the submandibular gland for calculus or tumors is done by incision below angle of the jaw. Special care should be taken to avoid which nerve?
    A. Ansa cervicalis
    B. Mandible branch of facial nerve
    C. Posterior auricular nerve
    D. Submandibular ganglion
  9. Treatment for mucocele is:
    A. Marsupialization of the lesion
    B. Enucleatin of only the mucocoele without involving the duct of mucous glan
    C. Enucleation of mucocele and involving the mucous glan
    D. Enucleation of mucocele, involving the mucous gland and surrounding tissue
  10. Which of the following detects salivary gland duct calculi?
    A. Ultrasonography
    B. Plain radiography
    C. Sialography
    D. Xeroradiography
  11. During surgical excision of the parotid gland the following structures may be damaged:
    A. Lesser occipital nerve, hypoglossal nerve, chorda tympani
    B. Facial nerve and auriculotemporal nerve
    C. Submandibular duct
    D. Cervical fascia
  12. Treatment of pleomorphic adenoma of parotid is:
    A. Total parotidectomy
    B. Superficial parotidectomy
    C. Deep parotidectomy
    D. Radical parotidectomy
  13. Most common site of sialolithiasis:
    A. Submandibular duct
    B. Sublingual duct
    C. Parotid duct
    D. Minor saliavry glands
  14. Which of the following is preferred treatment for submandibular salivary duct stones?
    A. Vertical incision, removal of stone and suturing of the incison to close the duct.
    B. Vertical incision and suturing the ductal margins to the oral mucosa leaving it open.
    C. Transverse incision, removal of the stone and closure of the duct.
    D. Transverse incision, removal of the stone and suturing the wound, leaving the duct open.
  15. In removal of submandibular gland, which of the following nerves are most likely to be damaged:
    A. Facial and glossopharyngeal
    B. Lingual and hypoglossal
    C. Lingual and glossopharyngeal
    D. Hypoglossal and glossopharyngeal
  16. All the following nerves are encountered during submandibular gland resection EXCEPT:
    A. Lingual nerve
    B. Hypoglossal nerve
    C. Accessory nerve
    D. Marginal mandibular nerve
  17. A mucocele of the lower lip should be treated by
    A. Incision
    B. Electro cautery
    C. Excision including adjacent minor salivary gland
    D. Incision and drainage followed by antibiotics
  18. The recurrent ranula is best treated by
    A. Eletrosurgery
    B. Cryosurgery
    C. Marsupialization
    D. Sub-lingual gland excision
  19. The glands of Blandin and Nuhn are?
    A. The posterior lingual glands
    B. The anterior lingual glands located near the apex of tongue
    C. The glossopalatine glands
    D. The palatine glands
  20. Which of the following is true?
    A. Parotid – stenson’s duct – pure serous
    B. Submandibular – Wharton’s duct – mixed and predominantly serous
    C. Sublingual gland – bartholin’s duct – mixed and predominantly mucous
    D. All of the above
  21. Salivary gland stone most commonly involves___________?
    A. Submandibular gland
    B. Parotid gland
    C. Sub lingual glands
    D. Lingual glands
  22. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
    A. A salivary duct obstruction can cause a unilateral swelling in the floor of the mouth that is largest before a meal and smallest after a meal
    B. The lesion termed a ranula is associated with the sublingual salivary gland
    C. The sublingual salivary gland is the most common site of salivary gland neoplasia
    D. A pleomorphic adenoma is the most common salivary gland neoplasm
  23. The recurrence of pleomorphic adenoma is attributed to___________?
    A. Presence of an incomplete capsule
    B. Mixed origin
    C. Absence of capsule
    D. Perineural spread
  24. Sjorgen’s syndrome includes all of the following, except?
    A. Xerostomia
    B. Keratoconjunctivitis
    C. Arthritis
    D. Lymphoma
  25. Which tumour does not occur in minor salivary gland ?
    A. Pleomorphic adenoma
    B. Adenocarcinoma
    C. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    D. Warthin’s tumour
  26. Sialolith in the excretory duct, will result in?
    A. Chronic sialadenitis
    B. Mucous retention cyst
    C. Pleomorphic adenoma
    D. Rupture of the duct
  27. Most common complication of mumps ?
    A. Myocarditis
    B. Orchitis
    C. Uveitis
    D. Conjunctivits
  28. A cyst occurs under the tongue, caused by obstruction of a salivary gland. Such a cyst is called?
    A. Mucocele
    B. Ranula
    C. Dermoid cyst
    D. Dentigerous cyst
  29. Sialography is used to detect anomaly of_______________?
    A. Salivary duct only
    B. Salivary gland
    C. Salivary gland & duct
    D. Salivary gland tumours
  30. Which of the following is of salivary gland origin?
    A. Acinic cell carcinoma
    B. Granular cell myoblastoma
    C. Chondrosarcoma
    D. All of the above
  31. A condition of the mouth with increase the caries activity in the oral cavity is_________________?
    A. Xerostomia
    B. Malignancy
    C. Hairy tongue
    D. Watery saliva
  32. Most common tumor of parotid gland:
    A. Plemorphic adenoma
    B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    C. Cylindroma
    D. Epidermoud carcinoma
  33. Commonest site for ectopic salivary gland tumor is:
    A. Tongue
    B. Cheek
    C. Palate
    D. Neck
  34. Chemical mumps’ is synonymous with:
    A. Epidemic parotitis
    B. Iodine mumps
    C. Nutritional mumps
    D. Nonspecific mumps
  35. Salivary duct calculi?
    A. produce pain on eating
    B. Are commonest in the parotid ducts
    C. Are common cause of acute parotitis
    D. Are associated with hypercaleaemic states
  36. In Xerostomia, the salivary pH is:
    A. Unaffected
    B. Low
    C. High
    D. Increased in morning & decrease in day
  37. Which of the following statements about sjogren’s syndrome is incorrect:
    A. MRI shows salt and pepper appearance
    B. Lacrimal gland enlargement is common
    C. Minor salivary gland biopsy is diagnostic test
    D. Pilocarpine is the most useful and convenient drug in its treatment
  38. Intra Oral pleomorphic adenoma usually occurs in:
    A. Buccal mucosa
    B. Upper lip
    C. Floor of the mouth
    D. Palate
  39. Sjogren’s syndrome affects:
    A. Exocrine glands
    B. Paracrine glands
    C. Endocrine glands
    D. Autocrine glands
  40. The following are the high grade salivary gland malignancies, EXCEPT:
    A. Basal cell adenocarcinoma
    B. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    C. Adenoid Cystic carcinoma
    D. Salivary duct carcinoma
  41. Which of the following salivary gland tumors has highest rate of malignant transformation?
    A. Patrotid
    B. Submanidbular
    C. Sublingual
    D. Minor
  42. The following are the high grade salivary gland malignancies, EXCEPT:
    A. Basal cell adenocarcinoma
    B. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    C. Adenoid Cystic carcinoma
    D. Salivary duct carcinoma
  43. Bimanual palpation technique is carried out for:
    A. Submandibular gland
    B. Sublingual gland
    C. Ranula
    D. Cervical lymph nodes when they are enlarged due to inflammation
  44. The most common salivary gland malignant neoplasm in bones?
    A. Plemorphic adenoma
    B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    C. Muceopidermoid carcinoma
    D. Adenolymphoma
  45. Warthins tumor is:
    A. An adenolymphoma of the parotid gland
    B. A pleomorphic adenoma of parotid gland
    C. Carcinoma of the parotid gland
    D. None of the above
  46. The common site for narcotizing sialometaplasia:
    A. cheeks
    B. dorsum of tongue
    C. palate
    D. gingival
  47. In the clinical evaluation, the most significant, finding of the parotid mass may be accompanying:
    A. Rapid progressive painless enlargement
    B. Nodular consistency
    C. Supramental and preauricular lymphadenopathy
    D. Facial paralysis
  48. Salivary gland aplasia is seen in:
    A. Hemifacial microstomia
    B. LADD syndrome
    C. Mandibulo-facial dysostosis (Treacher Collins)
    D. All of the above
  49. All of the following is the extraglandular manifestation of primary sjogren’s syndrome except:
    A. Raynaud’s phenomena
    B. Arthritis
    C. Lymphadenopathy
    D. Thrombocytopenia
  50. “Xerostomia” is seen in all of the following EXCEPT in:
    A. Anticholinergic drugs
    B. Dehydration
    C. Sjogren’s syndrome
    D. Oral sepsis
  51. Commonest salivary gland tumour in children:
    A. Lymphoma
    B. Pleomorphic adenoma
    C. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    D. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  52. Spindle cell carcinoma is a variant of:
    A. Pleomorphic Adenoma
    B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    C. Basal cell carcinoma
    D. Squamous cell carcinoma
  53. In which one of the following salivary gland tumors, the tumor is composed of ” intermediate cells” histologically?
    A. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    B. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    C. Pleomorphic adenoma
    D. Warthin’s tumour
  54. A salivary gland tumour, which histologically shows a double layer of epithelial cells based on a reactive lymphoid stroma is:
    A.Pleomorphic adenoma
    B. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
    C. Acinic cell tumour
    D. Warthin tumour
  55. Chocolate-coloured fluid is seen in the cystic space of:
    A.Dentigerous cyst
    B. Odontogenic deratocyst
    C. Unicystic ameloblastoma
    D. Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum
  56. Pleomorphic adenoma is:
    A. a teratomatous tumour of the salivary gland
    B. a neuroendocrine cell tumour
    C. multiple ectopic tissue proliferating in the salivary gland
    D. myoepithelial or ductal reserve cell origin
  57. Sialoliths are stones found in the salivary duct and gland and are primarily composed of:
    A. Hydroxyapatitie
    B. Potassium cloride
    C. Unknown compounds of phosphats
    D. Calcium chloride
  58. Break up time (BUT) test is done in:
    A. Sjogren’s syndrome
    B. Multiple sclerosis
    C. SLE
    D. Myasthenia gravis
  59. The Commonest site for ectopic salivary gland tumor:
    A. Tongue
    B. Cheek
    C. Palate
    D. Neck
  60. Adeno lymphoma refers to:
    A. Adeno carcinoma
    B. Adeno cystic lymphoma
    C. Warthin’s tumour
    D. Pleomorphic adenoma
  61. Mixed tumour of the salivary glands are:
    A. Most common in submandibular gland
    B. Usually malignant
    C. Most common in parotid gland
    D. Associated with calculi
  62. Acinic cell carcinomas of the salivary gland arise most often in the:
    A. Parotid salivary gland
    B. Minor salivary glands
    C. Submandibular salivary gland\
    D. Sublingual salivary gland
  63. Xerostomia, enlargement of salivary and lacrimal glands is seen in:
    A. Sicca syndrome
    B. Sjogren’s syndrome
    C. Mickulicz’s disease
    D. None of the above
  64. Saliva is increased by:
    A. Cholinergic drugs
    B. Anticholinergic drugs
    C. Andrenergic drugs
    D. None of the above
  65. Tender submandibular swelling is mostly due to:
    A. Ludwig’s angina
    B. Stone or Sialolithiasis
    C. Enlarged lymph nodes
    D. All of the above
  66. Leafless fruit laden tree or cherry-blossom appearance on a sialogram indicates:
    A. ucoepidermoid cell carcinoma
    B. Acinar cell carcinoma
    C. Sjogren’s syndrome
    D. Pleomorphic adenoma
  67. Parotid fatty change is sign of:
    A. Aging
    B. Alcoholism
    C. Malnutrition
    D. None of the above
  68. Adenoid cystic carcinoma is also known as:
    A. Cylindroma
    B. Pindborg tumor
    C. Warthins tumor
    D. Pleomorphic adenoma
  69. Mucocele most commonly arise as a result of:
    A. Rupture of a salivary duct
    B. Partial or complete compression of the salivary acini
    C. Inflammatory changes in the glandular interstitial tissue
    D. Partial or complete obstruction of teh salivary duct by calculus
  70. Acute non-suppurative sialdenitis is seen in:
    A. Acute bacterial sialadenitis
    B. Mumps
    C. Chronic backerial sialadenitis
    D. Necrotizing sialometaplasia
  71. Reduction in flow of saliva is not generally seen in:
    A. Elderly diabetics
    B. Patient undergoing radiation therapy
    C. Patients suffering from parkinsonism
    D. Patients on phenothiazine drugs
  72. Which of the following parotid malignancy shows perineural spread:
    A. Pleomorphic adenoma
    B. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
    C. Warthin’s tumor
    D. Ductal papilloma
  73. A painful crater like 1.5 cm ulcer develops within one week on the hard palate mucosa of a 40 year old female The most likely diagnosis is:
    A. Actinomycosis
    B. Squamous cell carcinoma
    C. Pleomorphic adenoma
    D. Necrotizing sialometaplasia
  74. Mikulicz’s disease is:
    A. An inflammatory disease
    B. Neoplastic disease|
    C. An autoimmune disease
    D. Viral infection
  75. Pleomorphic adenoma arises from:
    A. Myoepithelial cells
    B. Aciner cells
    C. Connective tissue
    D. Stem cells
  76. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
    A. A salivary duct obstruction can cause a unilateral swelling in the floor of the mouth that is largest before a meal and
    smallest after a meal
    B. The lesion termed a ranula is associated with the sublingual salivary gland
    C. The sublingual salivary gland is the most common site of salivary gland neoplasia
    D. A pleomorphic adenoma is the most common salivary gland neoplasm
  77. Salivary gland stone most commonly involves:
    A. Submandibular gland
    B. Parotid gland
    C. Sub lingual glands
    D. Lingual glands

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