Hope all of you are doing well.

I took boards today and came up with a list to help you all out. It's not a bad exam and overall you just need to
not get tired and get through it. I finished in 4 hours, and thought at least 200-250 questions were SUPER easy and basic. I didnt get
anything that I had never seen before and school prepared us pretty well for it but my main complaint would be that for TMJ stuff dr. ferriero's
info is not enough. Make sure you know borders of the spaces in the TMJ and the ligaments really well. Other than that, not many repeats,
but a ton of testlets and hormone stuff which was good for me. For anatomy focus on head and neck and arm, they barely go outside of
those areas!

..
lingual cusp of mandibular 1st premolar occludes with nothing.
Diabetes

sphingosine sphingomylein lysosomal storage disorder

-

Most common skin cancer - basal cell carcinoma?

Prion- brain
Sphingosine from palmatol acid and serine
Germination and fusion in dental anatomy:

Concrescence: 2 completely formed teeth at their roots are confluent

cementum
Fusion: confluent dentin, 2 tooth buds
Germination: development of 2 crowns from one tooth bud, sharing a
single root and root canal
-Maxillary sinus drain by semilunar hiatus
-When u cut trachea mid-saggital, what structure is not bisected- option
was like thyroid cartilage, cricoids cartilage, some laryngeal ms etc
-Kopliks spot- rubeola(measles was not in those options so know the word
rubeola
-Melanocyte derived from NCC
-Very strange question where is ulnar nerve the least protected? Elbow
-What travels thru diaphragm level T12- aorta? There was azygos vein in the
options too but I put aorta
2011 remembered

Overall the test was more tricky than difficult. They used difficult vocab to describe
even the most simple thing. Studying path vocab is essential.
Dental anatomy was surprisingly simple, a few questions were more tricky

had about 10 questions from old exams, and about 15 from remembered Qs. The
packet from nadia is amazing make sure to go over that repeatedly.

Teslets:
-diabetes/depressiondry mouth, few general questions about diabetes
-old lady with Osteoartheritis, she also had some kind of Rheumatoid disease Id
never heard of.
- rest of the testlets that I remember were like Nadias

Random Questions:
How is cholestrol synthesized? one answer was HMQ-Acytl Oxidase which is not
the right answer
What would NOT cause hemoptysis- emphazyma, bronchiol infarct, few other
things.
What would happen if you increased the lingual curvature of the max centralsnothing, uncrease overbite, increase overjet
Fumarase is what kind of enzyme or what does it do- I think hydrolizes
No glycolysis questions
UDP reacts with what- something to do with sugars
There was a few questions on Ricketssia and after the 4 th one I started getting
confused. Make sure you know the difference between the diseases they cause,
and they try to trick u by including typhoid with typhus
Q fever
A few of the angle of the mandle
If your mand and max canines are edge to edge, where is the condyle
Like 3 on the mandibular lateral
3 questions on the mandibular Y type premolar
if your patient has a cut at T4, what do you have to worry about when the guy is
in your chair- hell pee himself, hell shit himself, his body temp??
the embryonic development of the hard palate
what arches make up the face
no questions on F-ing vitamins, cytokines, compliment, after all that studying!!!
Tricky question on what receptor Cytotoxic T cells go after, tricky because
first answer was CD8 (wrong) but last answer was MHC-1 (right)
One teslet about a guy with alzeihmers- what are the predisposing factors, one
answer choice was depression, wasnt sure on it

A related question was u mess up, what do you do? And the answer was to
talk to his caregiver spounce
Like 5 freakin questions on Sjodgens

 You hygienist cuts the patient lingual to #3, it start bleeding, what artery is it
(greater palatine) but lesser palatine was also an answer- tricky tricky
About 4 question on the sinuses of the max/frontal so know what teeth are below
what
Diabetes Qs were pretty simple
There was a tricky Q about herpes simplex and it asked how the majority of
cases would manifest- the last option I think is the correct one, which is that
most cases are subclinical
I didnt have any cadaver questions but Linda I guess had several
Your tooth hurts, what kind of neurotransmitters are being used by those nervesNE, ACH, Substance-P, no idea I think substance P because it causes pain
A few questions about the spaces in the mouth
What travels between the middle and superior constrictor to get to the pharynx?
CN 9 was NOT an option! I guess and said stylopharyngial but no idea
A LOT of questions about static occlusion, mostly rather simple
What would you prescribe for candida: clotrimazole, topical nystatin, fluconazole,

and topical ketoconazole.

What species of fungus is the most transmittable between people:
One on the different classes of lesions on teeth
Thats it for now. The only hard part for me was biochem but thats because I dont
know much about it

1. Testlet hygienist has thenar muscle atrophy- what nerve innervates: median
nerve (C5-T1)
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Thenar muscle: abductor pollicisi brevis, opponens pollicis (MEDIAN), flexor

pollicis brevis (MEDIAN<ULNAR) muscles on the palm at the base of thumb.
Adduct pollicis (ULAR) is not thenar muscle.
MEAT- LOAF (Median- lateral lumbic 2, opponens pollicis, abducot pollicisi brevis,
flexor pollicis brevis)

2. Know all muscles and nerves of the arm

3. Which msc is responsible for moving the thumb:

Extrinsic
extensor pollicis longus: extends IP of thumb (radial)
- Extensor pollicis brevis: extends MP and CMC of thumb (radial)
- Abductor pollicis longus: abducts thumbs at CMC (radial)
- Flexor pollicis longus: Flexes IP of thumbs (median)
Intrinsic
-

Thenar- flexor digiti minimi brevis, flexor policis bravis, abductor pollicis
brevis, abductor digit minimi (median), hypothenar (pinky)-opponens
pollicis, opponent digit minimi (ulnal), adductor, central

Cutaneous innervations: all 5th and 4th ulnar nerve, palmear cutaneous
median, back of the hand radial
4. Cant extend wrist - which nerve: wrist drop radial nerve (triceps,
branchioradialis, anconeus)
Siminan (ape)hand, thenar wasting sensory loss, median nerve, carpal
tunnel (thenar atrophy, thumb affected)
5. 3rd year dental student cant rotate arm or turn head to right. Which msc
rotate the arm medially?
- Medial rotation: teres major, pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi,
subscapularis, deltoid
- Adduction: pectoralis major, latissimus dorsi, teres major, triceps,
coracobrachialis
- Lateral rotation: infraspinatus, teres minor, deltoid
6. Mscls of mastication- pt bruxes what muscle will be sore masseter (and post
fibers of temporalis)
7. Inferior and sup borders of the tmjs inf and sup synovial spaces
8. Which ligament is attached to medial and lateral of condyle Which attached to
post ant and only anterior etc
- Medial: sphenomandibular
- Lateral: lateral (TMJ) ligament,
-Intrinsic: capsular ligament, lateral (TMJ) ligament (prevent excessive lateral
movement and post dislocation.
-Extrinsic: stylomandibular (prevent protrusion) and sphenomandibular (passive
support of the mandible) accessory, not attached to any part of the joint
9. Which ligament attaches to condyle and pulls it fwd: Collateral ligaments

TMJ innervations: auriculotemporal, nerve to masseter, posterior deep temporal (V3)

What kind of medium u need to grow a fungus- Sabourauds

No vitamin questions
patient w anemia which of the following- low o2 conc in plasma; low arterial p02 or
o2 saturation of Hb;
few Qs of rickettsia ( which of the following for vector) know they are
obligate intracellur
which of the following is by lice ( typhoid)

parathyroid- def know

know ADH where its produced( thalamus); person urinating a lot ( ADH)
which of the foll is not a polypeptide or AA ans was cortisol
know all the innervations inside the mouth , lingual, IAN, buccal, mental etc
Lingual side of tooth 31, which nerve innervates?
Max PM2 which nerve for anesthesia
Eye muscle- eyelid is dropping what muscle ??? and which nerve
Vit D- where its converted Kidney ( from 25 calciferol to 1,25 calciferol)
One testlet- only medical history was allergy to penicillin - two surface amalgam on
max PM2- patient got a swelling on lower and upper lip- whats the Dx? picked
cellulitis
Testlet Lady w/ CD, candidiasis C albicans. Also, what caused crepitus in her
muscles. How will her occlusal relationship change (class 1 to 3)
Dysphagia- ability to swallow (know the weird path words, it will help eliminate
choices)
Different types of necrosis- coagulative( infarct) liquefative( brain); caseous (TB)
Nodule beneath the skin and can move it around what is it? (lymph node I think)
Lipoproteins- LDL100 Match which apolipoprotein will bind to hdl (just 1 q)
What difference b/w uracil and thymine (phosphate?, methyl?)
a.a metabolismSynthesize triglyceride whats the source of the glycerol??? ( dietary glycerol not
sure, look it up)
Nothing on glycolysis
One Qs on gluconeogenesis- which of the following enz regulates gluconeogenesis
etc
Pentose phosphate pathway- major source of nadph ?
Protons are pumped into where inner mitochondrial membrane
Henderson hasselbach- ph=pka so conc of acid= salt
Alanine- put something about glutamate

One very easy on krebs cycle

Mitosis- which stage does the stage commit to replication? S, G1 M? (I put S)
Meiosis- where in the following does meiosis takes place- tissues of reproductive
system- find out where exactly it takes place in male/ female epididymis, vas
deferens etc
Testlet- 6 weeks pregnant- first calcifications of teeth see it or not? Not
When is it most sensitive to teratogens? 2nd month
1 calculations questions- take dna sample 22% adenine, what is the % of Guanine
(28)
if you make cdna which of the following enz u dont use- reverse transcriptase,
telomerase, etc
defect in the tricuspid valves- backflow from right ventricle to right atrium
which vessels have the slowest blood velocities? Capillaries or veins
diabetic angiopathy is b/c of what? 2 much insulin, 2 much blood glucose find out
mechanism sensitivity to insulin prolonged high glucose levels?
Intracell ular chlamydia how does it cause disease
questions about PGE2 bradykinin cytokines etc which causes vasodilation and
vasoconstriction
Know hormones VERY WELL!!! Which of the following will stimulate gluc uptake etc?
easy questions but a lot of them
ADH- not synthesized anywhere in the pituitary
Osteoblast- stains either acidic or basic why? Have to do w protein content or
something check it out
Patient broke ML cusp on lower mand molar, which cusp caused this one to breakML of M ( upper)
If youre moving the mand to the right what direction do the left mand molars takemedial and fwd and have to pick whether it goes up or down as we move the mand .
I picked medial fwd and down (even though eventually it goes upwho knows!)
Which root is designed best for rotation of the tooth? ( the most oval??? Mand CI or
Mand LI or Max CI
Do primary teeth have cingulum

Eruption resorption and exfoliation- primary teeth (place in right order)

Tooth A resembles what?
Know eruption times- when do you lose primary max K9
How much of the root is formed when the tooth erupts- 50%
New permanent tooth develops lingual to primary
Pt protrudes tongue and tongue deviates to right- R hypoglossal lesion (this q came
up twice)
Biochem- what is imp virulence factor for strep mutans strange polypeptide
Every third a.a in collagen is gly
Look for hydroxy proline to determine collagen content
Chondroitin Sulfate- check it out which of the following in CT
One woman w osteoporosis and taking bis Phosphoantes for 6 years- take mri and
scan look at iliac crest- which of the following will be most decreased
trabeculation, bone marrow, cancelous bone- CRAZY questions!!!! Less
trabeculation
Osteoclast- easy one (what activates)
Testlet about a guy and a prostate cancer that metastazied to mandible ( acid
phosphatase is high and PKA( prostate Ag)
Take a biopsy of nodule- take from lingual side and what the order of the tissue u
cut through ( mucosa, submucosa, corctical etc )
Definition of metaplasia
Ortokeratinized layer missing what layer (stratum basale, lucidum etc)
Which cell in the gastric gland most resembles pancreatic acinar cell-??? I put chief
cell because it also creates zymogens. Other options were Mucous and parietal
cells.
Legs some stuff covered- some nerves for pelvic muscles (nerves for pelvic muslces
come from where).
IAN block- have to remind the patient not to chew b/c they can bite the cheek. If
they do, what msc is responsible for it buccinators-(kind of had to reason it out,
wasnt as simple as picking masseter)
Kleinfenter syndrome karyotype

Trisomy 21- which of the following not found- simian cris, slented eyes etc etc
Plummer- Vinson syndrome- few Qs
A lot about lung compliance- is it increased with fibrotic or obstructive disease
Testlet- smokes so u have emphysema which of the following will increase lung
compliance
DA- whats the difference b/w rods and interrods in mineral? Orientation of hydroxyl
apetite; presence of rod sheath?
Internal elastic lamina separates what layers- this is the tunica media and tunica
intima I believe
Qs about abdominal arteries which art supplies blood to the diaphragm.
Superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric as answers but you can eliminate
easily
Which vein will communicate in pterygoid venous plexus etc ( ans deep facial vein)
Thyrocervical trunk- where inferior thyroid art came from.
For pyogenic disease which mediates it- IL
One Qs on brachial plexus- which are the smallest part of brachial plexus. (trunks,
divisions, branches?)
Which 3 go through jugular foramen- 9, 10, 11
Where do the fibers come from to supply the myelohoid- ans inferior alveolar,
mental, fibers from ganglion of trigeminal.
1 about leukemia
Where would u find basal cell carcinoma- upper face
Not benign and not metastatic- which of the following wouldnt be found- see
anaplastic, hyperchromatism, but NOT invasion of basal lamina.
Peptic ulcer- thats slowly bleeding which is the most likely complication? Anemic
Which one Abducts mscles of vocal cords- post circoarytenoid? Didnt know this one
Dental hygienist thumbs not working- she continues to work which ethical prinicipal
is she violating- non malifecence ( check) or veracity.
Dentist found prostate metastasized to mandible- not treat the tooth send to follow
up! Follow up question, which ethical principle is this- beneficence.

Twd the end get 4 testlets about 40 Qs. And after lunch break get more testlets. I
got a total of 9 testlets and hated them allbleh. They arent hard, just annoying.
Which of the following make the roof of the mouth- embryology premax plate and
palatine
Which nerve to first arch- trigeminal
NotochordWhich not/ does formed by NCC- melanocytes, chromafin cells adrenal medulla etc
ans was some bogus cell. Same q came up again ans was microglia.
Ligamentum arteriosum embryological remnant see which nerve runs with it.
Nasal palatine nerve from which foramen- incisive
10 year old healthy child tmj is covered- by dense fibrous CT
Infection control- ethylene oxide for heat sensitive instruments
Disinfection to reduce number of organisms from chairs
Almost No questions on joints- which muscle works on shoulder and elbow jointbiceps
Infection in the ethmoidal sinus goes through lateral wall ends up in the orbit ( other
options were like nasal cavity etc)
Type 3 what reacts w immune complex- cytokine, complement????
In AIDS which T cell attacked
Ab- from plasma cells
Know T cells-mhc2, cd4, general t cells,
Protein cant get immune reaction- hapten
Pt problem swallowing- esophageal stricture
Testlet- Sjorgen syndrome- Ab to cell membrane ; tricyclic autodepressants can
contributeto xerostomia but from the testlet you know its autoimmune
How sulfa works- PABA?
How aminoglycosides works- inhibits tx, translation???
Know pdl and gingival fiber groups
Know anug

Pt has six mm depth what bacteria would u find?? put A.A

Questions on line retzius- incremental growth line
Anatomy- perikarya ( cell body of the neuron). Perikaryia of some nerve is located
where..ganglion
Which tract carries info for conscious pain? Spinothalamic
What is the relay information for all sensory info? Thalamus
One of the testlets was about MS- Demyelenation; what happens when u lose
myelin sheath (conduction velocity); what cells make myelin sheath
Patient with Alzheimer- what would u see in the brain? Brain shrinks
Denture - If she wont wear it over time- chin will stick out more (increasing class 3)
Pt occlusion what changes- class 1 to class 3
Muscle with 2 letter second word spinae.. which nerve innervates. I had no idea
about this m so I dont think its from the back or abdomenyou guys can look it
up :P
Blood from liver sinusoids drains to- central veins
Nothing about retroperitoneal structures
ACE inhibtors stop COX1 or COX2? WAYYY TOO SPECIFIC argh
Receptors Qs reduce HR, vasodilatione etc. I had a few. Just know alpha 1,2 and
beta 1,2 and nicotinic vs muscarinic
S. aureus catalase positive or neg
Lingual inferior alveolar etc where they innervate what. All the nerves in the mouth,
know them really well.
Superficial to hyoglossus all except- lingual art or lingual nerve?
Which wont lead to cancer-asbestosis, gardners syndrome, familial adenolapy,
ulcerative colitis all do, the answer was some bogus thing
Renal anatomy=- not found in cortex- loop of henle;;; decrease filtrate- constrict
afferent arteriole; definition of clearance- how much plasma cleared of the
substance;
Liver passive congestion is secondary to what? Cirrhosis, heart??? Blood flow was
slowing down

HepA- whats the body reaction curative or not? Yes long lasting or not? Check it out
Amelogenesis Imperfecta- whats the problem with the protein of amelogenin- know
which part of the gene. Answer choices were **** like missense mutation in middle
of gene. Or non sense mutation at end. Or 9 nucleotides added to middle. Detailed
much? I think so!
Peg laterals- max lateral incisors
Main protein in enamel- amelogenin or collagen
Dental hygienist- thenar anthropy of right and left- if she cant extend the wrist
which nerve is affected
Couldnt rotate medially the right arm and rotate head to the right- Dx polyneuropathy, mononeuropathy?
Aflatoxin- Aspergillus
Cells that make synovial fluid- located where? Synovial membrane
Fungal infection like meningitis- cryptococcus
Lower lip what innervates lower lip mucosaKnow diff b/w oral mucosa and cutaneous skin.. do they both have glands/
submucosa etc
Orthokeratinized which layer is missing, basale, lucidum spinosum etc
Main fuel to brain- glucose
Which virus transmitted by insects- arbovirus, papilomavirus etc
Rickettsia and virus in common- obligate intracellular parasites
Interproximal gingiva- COL made by junctional epithelium
Primary incisor vs perm central- do they have cingulum/ shorter roots etc
Which type of cell not from neuroectoderm- microglia( macrophages)
Pt w Hydrocephalus theres 2 much fluid where? Ventricle or space behind the eye
or sub arachnoid etc
Subdural hematoma, epidural hematoma recheck it again.
Blood clot- person had it in their head where did it come from? Thrombus in the elg
embolus from leg embolus from mural thrombosis

They incorporated hematoma in the ans but it wasnt a hematoma just something
stuck in there.
GH takes affect through which hormone- somatomedin? But it supposed to be IGF
wtf??
Which promotes gastric movements/ doesnt inhibit gastric emptying. Secretin
CCK somatostatin etc
Check a.a metabolism!!!!
Need for blood clots- vit K
Hypertension renin Angiotensin etc
Control HR what would u try to affect- not just alpha 1 or 2. Know nicotinic and
muscarinic
Greater and lesser petrosal nerves what fibers are they carrying???
Tensor veli palatini is with trigeminal
Which of the glossopharyngeal innervated know its not for taste for ant 2/3 of
tongue; know just where it went and you could figure it out
Which msc would help in opening the mouth.Suprahyoids contract and both
lateral pterygoids contract mandible- opens or protrudes? I picked open
Different pathology words atelectasia;, about a dozen words I didnt know so when
doing past exams look them upI did but I still forgot, hopefully you guys wont.

testlet
asthma diabetes


-Pupillary constrictor muscle: innervated by oculomotor
-Meissners plexus: Parasympathetic
-Macula densa lining distal convoluted tubule
-Muscle that loops around hamulus: tensor veli palatini
-Biceps innervated by musculocutaneous

- where do facial muscles originate

- treatment of rickettsia
- if a pt aspirates a tooth, where would you find it?
- asbestosis can cause...
- difference between antiseptic and disinfectant
- red infarct occurs?
- axillary sheath contains...?
- testlet as a forensic dentist, you see a piece of flesh from coronoid notch, which muscle?
- 2phosphoglycerate --> 3phosphoglycerate by which enzyme
- embolism
- necrosis
- vitamins needed for differentiation and development of bone
- lots of qs about primary teeth: like comparing different primaries and one was comparing a primary to a perm tooth (don't
remember which though!)
- which structure goes through the superior and middle constrictors? i thought it was the glossopharyngeal n. but that wasn't an
answer
- which artery supplied the thyroid
- basal cell carcinoma is most common skin cancer
- pharyngeal arches
- embryology
- emphysema
- alcoholism
- what goes through incisive canal
there were a lot that i had seen from previous exams but there were also ones that i had absolutely no idea. i think thats the
general consensus though if you ask people. i hope this helps you in some way!

Dental Anatomy/Occlusion
> Definitely know everything there is to know about the TMJ and the teeth... the
> questions were harder than I thought on the differences between teeth, so make
> sure you really know those. I also didn't have too many occlusal relationship
> questions... a lot of the questions had to do with the testlets they gave and
> the alveolar process, etc. The TMJ stuff is very similar to what Ferrio taught
> us and actually some of it direct repeat from class.
>
> Physio/Biochem
> Make sure to know the metabolic processes (TCA, Glycolysis). You don't need to
> really know the direct enzymes, but know the major players and what each one
> produces and works for. Also I had a lot about muscle contraction/the
> difference between smooth muscle and skeletal and quite a few questions on the
> heart and systole/diastole/BP regulation and the lungs. I felt like a lot of
> this section involved thinking, but you could always narrow down the answers
> by what made sense and what didn't (for example, you wouldn't have edema if the
> blood vessels were constricted, etc.) This was a lot more general than I was
> expecting it to be and coming from someone who hasn't had biochem/physio in two
> years, I wouldn't stress out too much about this.
>
> Micro/Path
> I think the hardest part about this section was that they through in a lot of
> names that I just didn't really know and so it wasn't as easy to narrow down
> answers as some of the other sections. Definitely make sure to know
> strep/staph and some of the predominant viruses that they talk about,
> especially in relation to cases and what they might cause to happen in the
> mouth. There were some fungi ones that I didn't really know the answers to,
> but you can narrow down those too. Also know the drugs and how they generally
> work... what destroys cell walls, interrupts transcription. And know the
> different types of cancer. There was a lot more about cancer than I thought
> there would be. Be prepared to just not know some things in this section and
> have no clue what they are talking about (maybe 3 or 4 questions that I
> literally just guessed).
>
> Anatomy

> This was the section I was most nervous for because there seemed to be a lot of
> info. Truth be told, it was a lot more general than I thought it would be too.
> Know the triangles of the neck and the cranial nerves and what they innervate.
> Know the foramens that things exit from, but even that isn't too bad... it's
> kinda obvious from the choices and if you just go over it once you'll be fine.
> I didn't have anything about the brachial plexus, veins, arms, or legs, which
> was nice because that was what I was scared about. Know infrahyoids,
> suprahyoids, and definitely the attachments of the muscles of mastication
> (there were a lot like this). Also know about bone formation.
>
--be prepared for testlets- reading them takes up some time as you'll want to read the scenario again with every new question and you kinda
have to resize the screen and all...that's where I think I used up some of my extra time.
Almost all my testlets had people with a history of fractures( different types and healing), depression(medication) or abuse ( depressing
world out there)
know the ethics terms.. they're ALMOST freebies ( i still got confused with beneficence and autonomy in one)
other topicsSLE
collagen synthesis.. look at this well.. i got really confused after the 5th question on this
hystrectomy
hypersensitivity rxn (differences and similarities between types)
emphysema,asthma and medication
alpha blockers, beta blockers
gag reflex
histoplasmosis
lots of questions on the TMJ ligaments
blastomycosis
TB
non gonococcal urithritis
gomphosis
spingomyelinase def disease
calcitonin mechanism, parathyroid hormone
action potentials
axillary sheath
Larynx mm and innervations
thrombus from femoral vein will lodge into the pulmonary artery
circle of willis
southern blot
lots of questions on amino acids
oh Dental Anatomy! learn those facts well.. by the time 3 or 4 hours roll by it's going to be a little difficult to think straight whether the facial or
other curvature of some maxillary is longer than some mandibular. I had questions on eruption sequence, shapes of teeth, comparisons
between maxillary and mandibular. Know the decks well. Really well.
Occlusion questions seemed pretty straight forward( bless Drs. Ferriero and Bendayan), couple of questions on TMJ and the planes of
occlusion.
how does the tmj get nutrients?.... 2 choices... diffusion through synovial fluid OR venous system of retrodiscal tissue
- what part of the tmj is most sensitive to pain... the disk, the surface of the disk, synovial epithelium, or articular surface of the condyle
- know that janeway lesions = infection endocarditis
- rice water stools... cholera
- adduct the scapula... trap
- muscle innervated by radial nerve... biceps, triceps, brachialis, coracobrachialis, one more choice
- benefit of dry heat over autoclave... "corrosive metal" was not an option... michelle put "preserves sharp tips of instruments"
- while a tooth is ERUPTING, what is the epithelial attachment derived from... oral epi, hertwigs, ree, epi rest of mal
- difference btwn root dentin and crown dentin
- what bone makes up the pterygoid plates... greater wing of sphenoid
- what drains into the inferior hiatus... nasolacrimal duct
- virtchow's triad
- a few tricky questions on coagulation and thrombosis, nothing specific remembered
- best diagnosis of TB (x ray was not an option).... blood test, ppd, sputum culture
- contents of the axillary SHEATH, along with the axillary artery... cephalic vein, brachial vein, axillary vein & brachial plexus cords (one choice), axillary vein and
brachial plexus roots (one choice), and one more choice she forgot
- bones that make up the superior orbital fissure

- a few questions on glands in general... type epithelial is one question, she forget the others
- wolfes law or rules or something lol... it dealt with respiration, google it
- antibiotics that inhibit prokaryote translation but not eukaryotic... the question basically listed 5 choices, four of the drugs inhibited something other than
ribosomes
- 3 questions on necrosis (liquid, coagulative, and catheus)
- know EVERYTHING that happens at 6 weeks of pregnancy
- during a metriotrusive movement, what contacts the MB cusp of 19... outer/inner guiding of 14, outer/inner supporting of 14... that's 4 choices in total
- what does IL-2 do
- know the different heads of the lateral pterygoid
- what in the gut does the vagus innervate
- where are juxtaglomwhatever cells located in the nephron
- nucleus for pain for CN V... trig nucleus, spinaltrig nucleus, stellate nuc, 2 others
- B1 - beri beri
- similarity btwn cardiac and skeletal muscle
- what's deep to hyoglossus muscle in the suprahyoid region
- boundaries of submandibular triangle... first aid DOES NOT have the answers listed on the exam lol
- what makes up the retromandibular vein
- tmj pain is... auriculotemporal nerve
- insulin receptor
- ILGF receptor
- what do stept. pneumonia and some fungi (either cox or crypto something) have in common
- blastomyces question (fungi)
- candida
- what does muco(fungi) do to blood vessels
- drugs for candida... she put nystatin
- what connects something to posterior abdominal wall... greater ommentum, lesser ommentum, falciform ligament, mesentery
- what kind of enzyme is this: an enzyme that makes another enzyme which IMMEDIATELY inhibits the first one lol... suicide, end point, allosteric, competitive and
non-competitive
- Type 2 DM, what wouldn't (or would, she forgot) you find... seizure, syncope, hypoglycemia
- tay sachs
- what lymph vessel drains TIP of tongue
- what areas in the stomach have what glands
- artery to larynx... ascending pharyngeal, costocervical trunk, facial artery, or thyrocervical trunk
- what nerve innervates the lesser palatine artery
- difference btwn portal vein and other veins... she put no valves in portal
- NOT a symptom of cerebral infarct... thrombosis of anterior cerebral artery, 2 different types of aneurisms (one was berry)... she put the ACA bc it's part of circle
of w
- sensory up upper lip... CN V
- after CN 7 leaves skull... ONLY motor, therefore CN V is sensory to whole face
- myoglobin and that oxygen binding curve compared to hemoglobin
- what amino acid is an intermediate in the urea cycle... alanine, ornithine, 3 other choices
- purine metabolism makes... urea, NH4, uric acid, beta-something
- anatomical path of the parotid DUCT
- 17 year old girl with aggressive perio diease, what bacteria... she put AA

- emphysema, what's not common... hyperventilation, respiratory alkylosis, hypoxia, increased chest width... she put hypoxia bc they're "pink puffers"... also,
hyperventilation causes respiratory alkylosis so she didn't wanna pick either one of those

2010
I had a lot of questions on enamel calcification and root calcification times of the teeth especially the premolars and canines.
know which teeth could have two canals, and know the tooth abnormalities (coarescence (sp?), germination, etc)..
I had alot of questions on the relationship between vertical/horizonal overbite/overjet and cusp height
I also had a few questions on bone fracture and the healing process after (these were part of a case)..one was a boy a year after his knee fracture (what stage is
bone at now) and the other a lady 5 yrs after hip fracture (again, what stage is bone at)...
I had an SLE case which was a bit difficult.. It talked about erythrocyte sedementation rate increasing in an SLE patient and what that indicates (the ans I realized
after is inflammation since apparently inflammatory proteins bind to RBC making them heavier and more likely to sediment).
I had a gunshot victim case.. two bullets (one goes through his rib cage between 7 and 8.. which lobe of lung is that.. I still don't know if it's middle or inferior)..
other bullet goes through his head ..which bone is that based on the description they give ( I think I put temporal).
I had a question on what nerve pathway is blocked in general anesthesia? ( I don't know the answer)
I had some questions on intracellular signalling pathway... (know that glucacon signals through cAMP and insulin signals through phospholipase C)...
nerves respnsible for swallowing...
The anatomy questions were simpler than I expected.
The micro/path.. there were some stuff outside of decks.. cholera, listeria monocytogenes..
physio.. I hardly had any on the lung and I didnt' have any calculations. I had a few on the heart though (still no calculation) and a few
on nerve synapses (why impulses travel in one way)
I had a few questions on the relationship between lingual artery with nerve, submand duct, etc..
most of my cases were a culmination of things.. like the person had emphesyma and hypertention and had had bypass surgery and had many dental problems so
they would ask different things from different areas.. or the patient had different kinds of ulcers and u had to say what the most likely cause was:eg: white
removable plaque on palat or growing ulcer under the tongue.
biochem, I had some questions on protein structure, not alot on the metabolic pathways..some on cell membrane transport (what needs a carrier protein: lidocaine,
methanol, glycine, albumin)

Boards part1 taken 2.12.10

-Know the innervation of the thenar (median n) and hypothenar (ulnar n)- thumb
and palm muscles
-know urea cycle! They ask where are the nitrogens coming from? Its aspartate and
ammonium. Know ornithine, citrulline, and know were its going on in the
mitochondria and the cytsol.
-what does the anterior cerebral artery supply? The options were frontal and
temporal, parietal and frontal.the answers had 2 lobes each. So, know what they
supply.
- What tract is pain? Spinothalamic. That was the only tract question.
-know functional residual capacityblah blah. A question was vital capacity
equals.tidal volume+expiratory, etc.
-type 1 diabetes does not involve; gangrene, glaucoma, splenomegaly,
atherosclerosis.
-type of cartilage in the tmj? Type 1 cartilage, type 2 cartilage, from meckels
cartilage, the other options didnt make sense.
-not in seminiferous tubules; leydig, sertoli, spermatogonia, spermatids,
spermatocytes.

-ovulation-secretory phase with follicular phase? Dont remember the other choices
but go over.
-pregnant woman 6weeks along. What has not fused? I answered the palate, other
options were fusion of lateral nose with maxilla,
-think this was a case study bc more questions on this.

-which arch is the hyoid bone from?

-Where is the lower part of parathyroid from? 3 rd arch
-difficulty speaking=dysphona, disphagia, painful, smokes a ton. Cancer, laryngitis,
pharyngitis, polyps?
-tetracycline would not be given to prego lady to prevent; discolored teeth,
cardiogenic problems, webbed appendages/feet.
-sulfur drugs? I think they mimic PABA. Dont remember other options.
-Rifampicin. What does it prohibit? Protein synth, dna synth, rna synth
-know southern blot is dna, northern blot is rna, and western blot is protein
(immunoassay and fluroesence).
-Soap cells=fat necrosis!
-how does Ach work in axons? It opens voltage gated sodium channel, opens
chemical channel, .
-typhus fever-know its from Salmonella typhi, not rickettsia typhi.
-what do interlukins do?
-parasymphathetic innervation- how does it effect saliva? Watery, mucously, more
protein,
-what innervates upper lip? Infraorbital of trigeminal (maxillary V2)
-What fungi is cutaneous rashes? Know fungi well!!!
-had one on CML and ALL, other options were granulomas disease...question was
long and annoying- super high number of neutrophils, normal blood, but little in
marrow?
-SCIDS (the disease)
-x-linked immunoglobulinemia look up this disease, has long name

-haemophilia influenza and diphtheria toxin both have what? Polysacch capsule,
dont remember the rest.
-moms IgGs passed through to placenta for some disease, what type of
immunization is this? Natural active, natural passive, artifical active, artificial
passive.
-apoptosis; non-dividing stage, a hormone induced physiologic involution
-what protrudes the hyoid? I had no clue in protrusion. options were suprahyoids,
infrahyoids, stylohyoid, and geniohyoid. Think I put geniohyoid bc the rest didnt
really make any sense.
-borders of the axilla
-esophagus is located- lower part of cricoid cartiage
-presynaptic cell bodies of lower motor tracts go thru? White rami, gray rami,
sympathetic tract, ..
-few questions on carotid body and carotid sinus

casesknow necrosis. One was weirddead body with snake bite on forearm. What type of
cell death is this? Necrosis, apoptosis,
the bite is on the lateral forearm, this would effect which? Ulnar, radius, etc. I
assume they are going with anatomically correct positioning with palms up, so
lateral would be radius.
-trauma to the supraorbital, what artery would this be? Post auricular, superficial
temporal, supratrochlear, etc.

-hypertension case. Trouble breathing when lying patient back down.

-this patient didnt take his meds before as prophylaxis. What do you do? Give
meds and wait an hour, call doctor to make sure meds, just do procedure, give him
meds.
-what nerve would effect speaking??
-hapten- needs a carrier. Not immunogenic on its own.
-the norm questions youll get on tmjfibrocartiage, etc.

-what posterior tooth is congenitally missing often? Choices were first molars,
mandibular central, 2nd mandibular premolar. Asking for posterior teeth, so know its
the second premolar.