1. The first deciduous tooth to erupt is usually the:
a) Central incisor
b) Canine
c) First premolar
d) First molar
2. The lingual tonsil is confined to the:
a) Posterior one-third of the tongue
b) Anterior one-third of the tongue
c) Sulcus terminalis
d) Ventral surface of the tongue
3. The bony part of the nasal septum contains:
a) Perpendicular plate of ethmoid and vomer
b) Perpendicular plate of palatine and vomer
c) Perpendicular plate of palatine, vomer, and
perpendicular plate of ethmoid
d) Perpendicular plate of palatine, vomer, palatine
crest of maxilla
4. In the 'motor nerve' entering a muscle, sensory fibres make
up the following proportion:
a) None
b) 20 per cent
c) 40 per cent
d) 75 per cent
5. Pacinian corpuscles are numerous in:
a) The dermis of the skin
b) Periarticular tissues
c) Bone marrow
d) Muscle
6. The rate of regeneration of peripheral nerves following
injury is:
a) 1 -3 micra per day
b) 1 -3 mm per hour
c) 1 -3 mm per day
d) 1 -3 mm per week
7. In the postnatal period the greatest growth in the grey matter
of the CNS is of:
a) Nerve cell numbers
b) Length of axonal processes
c) Dendritic trees
d) Size of perikarya
8. The cells of the posterior grey horn of the spinal cord are
arranged:
a) In clusters
b) In laminae from apex to base
c) In laminae from medial to lateral side
d) Diffusely
9. Grossly the spinal cord presents two swellings:
a) Cervical and thoracic
b) Cervical and lumbar
c) Thoracic and lumbar
d) Thoracic and sacral
10. The internal vertebral venous plexus occupies:
a) The extradural space
b) The subdural space
c) The subarachnoid space
d) The spinal cord