Oral Pathology For The Dental Hygienist Chpt 3

Front 1

The breakdown of cellular adhesion between epithelial cells is called?

Back 1

acantholysis

Front 2

Which of the following is a protein molecule that is produced by plasma cells and also called an immunoglobulin

Back 2

an antibody

Front 3

Which lymphocyte matures without passing through the thymus and later can develop into a plasma cell that produces antibodies?

Back 3

B lymphocyte

Front 4

In which type of immune response do B lymphocytes and antibodies play the predominant role?

Back 4

Humoral immunity

Front 5

Which one of the following is not a specific component of immunity?
a. a humoral response
b. a cell mediated response
c. memory
d. pavementing

Back 5

Pavementing

Front 6

An example of natural passive immunity would occur when?

Back 6

Antibodies from a mother pass through the placenta to the developing fetus.

Front 7

Which one of the following is an example of type I hypersensitivity?

Back 7

Asthma

Front 8

Which one of the following routes of drug administration can cause the most significant hypersensitivity reaction?

Back 8

Parenteral

Front 9

Which of the following is a condition that involves a deficiency in number, function, or interrelationships of the involved WBCs and their products?

Back 9

Immunodeficiency

Front 10

What is the most common precipitation factor in the development of aphthous ulcer?

Back 10

Trauma

Front 11

These recurrent ulcers appear on movable mucosa. They are discrete, round to oval ulcers that are 3 to 5 mm in diameter and exhibit a yellowish-white fibrin center surrounded by an erythematous halo.

Back 11

Minor aphthous ulcers

Front 12

Which one of the following ulcers may require a biopsy to make the diagnosis?

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Major aphthous ulcers

Front 13

Anthihistaminic drugs are the principal method of treatment for?

Back 13

Urticaria (hives)

Front 14

A prodromal period occurs?

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1 to 2 days before onset.

Front 15

This condition, thought to be a hypersensitivity reaction, is characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions. The skin lesions are referred to as target, iris, or bull's eye lesions. The lips and mucosal lesions are more extensive and painful and often appear bloody and crusted. The intraoral lesions are extensive superficial ulcerations. The onset is explosive. On the basis of these clinical features you suspect?

Back 15

Erythema multiforme

Front 16

Wickham striae is a term used to describe the oral mucosal lesions of?

Back 16

Lichen planus

Front 17

The diagnosis of lichen planus is made on the basis of

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clinical and histologic appearance

Front 18

Which one of the following is not a component of Reiter syndrome?
a. Arthritis
b. Geographic tongue-like lesions
c. Urethritis
d. Wickham striae

Back 18

Wickham striae

Front 19

An antigenic marker called HLA-B27 is present in most patients with?

Back 19

Reiter syndrome

Front 20

Which one of the following has not been associated with erythema multiforme?

Back 20

HLA-B27

Front 21

The acute disseminated form of Langerhans cell disease is called?

Back 21

Letterer-Siwe disease

Front 22

This form of Langerhans cell disease resembles lymphoma, affects children under three, and has a rapid fatal course.

Back 22

Letterer-Siwe disease

Front 23

The classic triad of symptoms seen in 25% of patients with Hand-Schuller-Christian disease includes all of the following except:

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cyclic neutropenia

Front 24

Sjogren syndrome is?

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an autoimmune disease that affects the salivary and lacrimal glands.

Front 25

The most common oral manifestations of Sjogren syndrome is?

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Xerostomia

Front 26

Primary Sjogren syndrome occurs when?

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There is only salivary and lacrimal gland involvement without the presence of another autoimmune disease.

Front 27

The eye damage that occurs in Sjogren syndrome is called

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keratoconjunctivitis sicca

Front 28

Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is made on the basis of?

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multi-organ involvement and antinuclear antibodies in the serum

Front 29

The most characteristic skin lesion on SLE is described as?

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a butterfly rash

Front 30

The histologic appearance of lesions in SLE may resemble?

Back 30

lichen planus

Front 31

Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of pemphigus vulgaris?

Back 31

Most common in females

Front 32

Treatment for pemphigus vulgaris involves?

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high doses of systemic corticosteroids

Front 33

The most common oral site for cicatricial pemphigoid is the

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gingiva

Front 34

The diagnosis for cicatricial pemphigoid is made by

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biopsy and histologic examination

Front 35

Pemphigus vulgaris differs histologically from cicatricial pemphigoid in that pemphigus vulgaris has?

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degeneration of the epithelium

Front 36

The diagnosis of Behcet syndrome requires which of the following?

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Two of the three principal manifestations.

Front 37

The classic appearance of this condition is a pattern of interconnecting slender lines referred to as Wickham striae.

Back 37

Lichen planus

Front 38

In which one of the following in the Langerhans cell not the proliferating cell?

Back 38

Lichen planus

Front 39

The onset of this condition is explosive. It is characterized by skin and mucosal lesions. The skin lesions are referred to as target, iris, or bull's eye lesions. The mucosal lesions affect the buccal mucosa, lips, and tongue and appear as superficial ulcerations. The lip lesions are ulcerated, encrusted, and bloody. On the basis of this description, you suspect?

Back 39

Erythema multiforme

Front 40

This patient has Sjogren syndrome and severe xerostomia. Which of the following is the clinical feature that most appropriately describes the changes on the tongue in this patient?

Back 40

Loss of filiform and fungiform papillae.