Oral Biology Test (MCQs)

Oral Mucosa

Total Marks 20 Time 15 minutes

1. The mucosa of the hard palate is 4. Fungiform Papillae

a. keratinised and has submucosa and a. Are seen as white spots

minor salivary glands b. Have a stratum corneum
posterolaterally c. Carry taste buds
b. non-keratinised and has submucosa d. Have a lamina propria which is
and minor salivary glands poorly vascularized
posteromedially
5. Tongue papillae responsible for bitter
c. keratinised and lacks submucosa
taste sensation:
and minor salivary glands
d. non-keratinised and lacks a. Filliform papillae
submucosa and minor salivary b. Fungiform papillae
glands c. Circumvallate papillae
d. Foliate papillae
2. In a patient with a normal healthy mouth,
you would expect the mucosa covering the 6. Which is not true about taste buds:
alveolar process supporting the mandibular
teeth to be a. The supporting cells of a taste bud
carry taste hairs
a. light pink in colour on both sides of b. 10 to 20 neuroepithelial cells are the
the mucogingigival junction receptors of taste stimuli in a taste
b. light pink below the mucogingival bud
junction and red above it c. Taste buds extend from the basal
c. red below the mucogingival junction lamina to the surface of epithelium
and light pink above it d. Nerve fibers end in contact with the
d. red on both sides of the sensory cells in the taste buds
mucogingival junction
7. Which of the following regions has a non-
3. Glands emptying the circumvalate trough keratinized epithelium and is loosely
are the: attached to the underlying structure:
a. Mucous gland a. Buccal mucosa
b. Serous gland b. Attached gingiva
c. Glands of Nuhn c. Hard palate
d. Mixed mucous and serous glands d. Vestibular fornix
8. In which of the following papillae of the b. Odontoblasts
tongue are the taste buds predominantly c. Cementoblasts
located? d. Merkel cells

a. Circumvallate 14. Biomechanism that unites the

b. Filliform epithelium to the tooth surface is:
c. Foliate
a. Internal basal lamina
d. Fungiform
b. Junctional epithelium
9. Which of the following has immune c. Reduced enamel epithelium
function in the oral mucous membrane d. Epithelial attachment

a. Melanocyte 15. In the tongue bitter taste is more

b. Merkel cells perceived at:
c. Langerhan cell
a. Tip
d. Keratinocyte
b. Sides
10. Lamina densa of the gingival basement c. Back
membrane is rich in: d. Front

a. Type I and III collagen 16. Stratum granulosum is not present in:
b. Type III collagen
a. Hyper orthokeratosis
c. Type IV collagen
b. Hyper parakeratosis
d. Type I collagen
c. Non keratinized epithelium
11. Cells of the spinous layer are generally d. Sulcular epithelium

a. Larger than the basal cells 17. Keratohyaline granules are found in:
b. Smaller than the basal cells
a. St. granulosum
c. same size as that of basal cells
b. St. spinosum
d. None of the above
c. St. basale
12. Epithelial cells which ultimately d. Prickle cell layer
keratinize are known as:
18. Non keratinized epithelium is found
a. Keratinizing cells over:
b. Melanocytes
a. Attached gingiva
c. Non-Keratinizing cells
b. Free gingiva
d. Clear cells
c. Interdental papilla
13. The major cells seen in gingiva are: d. Gingival sulcus

a. Fibro blast 19. The position of mucogingival line

 a. Shifts apically with age 25. The thinnest epithelium of oral cavity is
b. Shifts coronally with age found in the:
c. Constant throughout the life
a. Buccal gingiva
d. None of the above
b. Lingual gingiva
20. Merkel cells are found in which of the c. Oral surface of lip
following tissue? d. Sublingual mucosa (floor of mouth)

a. Epidermis
b. Papillary layer of dermis
c. Reticular of dermis
d. Hypodermis

21. Epithelium of oral mucous membrane is

a. Keratinized
b. Non keratinized
c. Ortho, para and non keratinized
d. Only para keratinized

22. Color of the normal gingiva is:

a. Pink
b. Red
c. Coral pink
d. None of the above

23. The red zones of lips have:

a. 30% Sebaceous glands

b. 75% sebaceous glands
c. very small number of sebaceous
glands, if any
d. Absolutely no sebaceous glands

24. The connective tissue of the gingiva is

known as the:

a. Lamina dura
b. Dental cuticle
c. Lamina propria
d. Fibroblasts