10101. Pulp responds to all stimuli by pain because it has only_______________?
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A. Ruffini corpuscle

B. Pacinian corpuscle

C. Krause end bulbs

D. Free nerve endings
10102. Trauma or excessive occlusal forces causes_____________?
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A. None of the above

B. Hyperplasia of cementum

C. Hypertrophy of cementum

D. Resorption of cementum
10105. Interwining of the enamel rods at the cusp timps and the incisal edges of a tooth is called______________?
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A. Enamel spindles

B. Incremental lies of woven

C. Gnarled enamel

D. Incremental lines of retzius

10106. Blood supply of ameloblast for most of its life cycle comes form_______________?
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A. Dental pulp

B. Reduced enamel organ

C. Dental Sac

D. Dental papilla

10107. Periodontal ligament has predominantly_________?
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A. Elastic fibres

B. Type II collagen fibres

C. Type I collagen fibres

D. Oxytalan fibres

10108. Fibres of periodontal ligament embedded in the bone are_____________?
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A. Rays fibres

B. Sharpeys fibres

C. Elastic fibres

D. Tomes fibres

10110. Cells occurring in greatest number in pulp are______________?
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A. Fibroblasts

B. Osteoblasts

C. Cementoblasts

D. Ameloblasts

10111. High levels of albumin is present in____________?
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A. Stellate reticulum

B. Stratum intermedium

C. Outer enamel epithelium

D. Inner enamel epithelium

10112. Hunter Schreger band are____________?
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A. Dark and light bands of enamel seen in longitudinal ground section

B. Dark and light brands of dentin seen in longitudinal section

C. Dark and light bands of enamel seen in horizontal ground section

D. Dark and light bands of dentin seen in horizontal

10114. Formula of hydroxyapatite crystal is____________?
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A. 3Ca (Po4)2 Ca(OH)2

B. Ca3 (Po4)2 CaCo3

C. None of the above

D. CaPo4 Ca(OH)2

10115. Principal fibres of periodontal ligament are attached to_____________?
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A. Lamellar bone

B. Alveolar bone proper

C. Bundle bone

D. Cortical bone

10116. Which of the following statement is correct?
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A. Enamel cannot form in absence of dentin

B. Enamel formation can occur in absence of dentin

C. The formation of enamel and dentin are independent of each other

D. None of the above

10117. Matrix vesicles_______________?
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A. Contain collagen

B. Produce alkaline phosphatase

C. Inhibit mineralization

D. Are found in mantle dentin
10118. Collagen molecule exhibits all of the following features except_____________?
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A. Mostly contains glycine residues

B. Intracellular in nature

C. Triple pleated sheath

D. Exhibit cross striations at 64 ?m

10119. The cells that form secondary dentin are_______________?
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A. Cementoblasts

B. Odontoblasts

C. Osteoblasts

D. Fibroblasts

10120. Cellular cementum and compact bone contain____________?
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A. Canaliculi and incremental lines

B. Sharpehys fibres and elastic fibres

C. Collagen fibres and blood vessels

D. Lacunae and elastic fibres

10121. Chronic periapical inflammation is usually associated with____________?
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A. Hypertrophy of cementum

B. Ankylosis

C. Hyperplasia of cementum

D. Resorption of cementum

10123. The primary function of the dental pulp is____________?
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A. Nutritive

B. Production of dentin

C. Vascular supply to the teeth

D. Production of enamel

10124. Weils zone of pulp is__________?
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A. Cell degenerated zone

B. Cell regenerated zone

C. cell free zone

D. Cell rich zone

10126. Enamel is laid down______________?
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A. Only on odontoblasts

B. Mainly by odontoblasts

C. Mainly by ameloblasts

D. Only by ameloblasts
10128. The cell free zone in pulp lies____________?
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A. In pulp horn

B. Above odontoblast

C. In radicular pulp

D. Below odontoblast
10130. The cap stage in tooth development is characterized by_____________?
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A. Formation of hammock ligament

B. Increased mitotic activity

C. reversal of functional polarity

D. morphodifferentiation

10131. The dentin adjacent to the dentinoenamel junction is called the______________?
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A. Circumpulpal dentin

B. Mantle dentin

C. Predentin

D. Secondary dentin

10132. All of the following are true about functions of dental pulp except______________?
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A. Formation of dentin

B. Nerve supply to enamel through fibres

C. Sends impulses to CNS

D. Nerve supply to dentin

10133. Secondary cementum is generally confined to_____________?
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A. Cervical third of the root

B. No secondary cementum forms

C. Apical third of the root

D. Middle third of the root

10134. Protein secreted by odontoblast_____________?
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A. Collagen

B. Elastin

C. Chitin

D. Keratin

10135. Length of enamel rods is_____________?
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A. Greater than the thickness of enamel

B. None of the above

C. Equal to the thickness of enimal

D. Less than the thickness of enamel

10138. The successors of deciduous teeth develops form_______________?
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A. Stellate reticulum

B. Successional lamina

C. Neutral ectodermal cells

D. Dental lamina

10139. Dead tracts in ground section appears as_____________?
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A. Coarse fibril bundles arranged at right angle to the dentinal surface

B. White in transmitted light and dark in reflected light

C. Black in transmitted light and white in reflected light

D. Dentinal tubules

10140. Neonatal line is also referred to as______________?
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A. Retzius line

B. Incremental lines

C. Line of enamel tufts

D. Line of cross striations

10141. Enamel can act in a sense like a_______________?
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A. Permeable membrane

B. Impermeable membrane

C. Infrapermeable membrane

D. Semipermeable membrane
10142. All are true about the striae of retzius except___________?
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A. Constitute the rest lines with in the enamel rods

B. Have high inorganic content

C. They are areas of increased porosity

D. Allow the movement of water and small ions

10143. Cementum that forms in conjunction with root end formation and eruption_____________?
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A. Cellular cementum

B. Acellular cementum

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

10144. Dentinogenesis by odontoblasts first begins at_____________?
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A. Pulpal end

B. Cusp tip

C. Cervical area

D. Tooth bud stage

10147. Sharpeys fibres are derived from_____________?
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A. Alveolar bone

B. Dental follicle

C. Epithelial rests of malassez

D. Hertwigs root sheath

10148. Centre of the disc in TMJ is_____________?
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A. Avascular & deviod of nervous tissue

B. Avascular

C. None of the above

D. Devoid of nervous tissue

10149. The disturbances occurred during Calcification stage of tooth development is seen in_____________?
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A. Peg laterals

B. Microdontia

C. Supernumerary tooth

D. Interglobular dentin
10150. Which of the following is correct about enamel crystals ?
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A. Their diameter is about 5 microns in size

B. Roughly texagonal in shape

C. Same as dentin crystals

D. Contains organic portion in the center