NS372 CHAPTER 18 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

NS372 CHAPTER 18 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 The roof of the oral cavity of the mouth is formed by the anterior hard palate and the ____. a)teeth b) gums c) muscles d) soft palate - Answers d) soft palate An extension of the soft palate of the mouth, which hangs in the posterior midline of the oropharnyx is the ____ a) uvula b) frenulum c) taste buds d) sublingual fold - Answers a) uvula The tongue is attached to the hyoid bone and styloid process of the temporal bone and is connected to the floor of the mouth by the ____. a) mandible b) frenulum c) gums d) soft palate - Answers b) frenulum The submandibular glands open under the tongue through openings called ____. a) parasinal ducts b) Stenson ducts c) Wharton ducts d) lacrimonasal ducts - Answers c) Wharton ducts The rich blood supply of the nose serves to ____. a) help propel moist air into the body b) propel debris to the throat c) filter large particles from the air d) warm the inspired air - Answers d) warm the inspired air To press up with thumbs on sinuses is _____ a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses. b) method used to test for sinus tenderness c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses - Answers a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses Transillumination is _____. a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses. b) method used to test for sinus tenderness c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses - Answers c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses Palpation and percussion is used to _____. a) method used to palpate maxillary sinuses. b) method used to test for sinus tenderness c) method used to test for fluid in the sinuses - Answers b) method used to test for sinus tenderness Grade three tonsils ___. a) touch the uvula b) Touch each other c) Look swollen - Answers a) touch the uvula The side of the tongue ____. a) has many fissures in every person b) most common site of tongue cancer c) Cracking at the corner of the tongue is seen in riboflavin deficiency - Answers b) most common site of tongue cancer Cheilosis is _____ a) touching the uvula with cotton b) sinuses that are filled with pus c) Cracking at the corner of the lips seen in riboflavin deficiency - Answers c) cracking at the corner of lip seen in riboflavin deficiency A significance of a red glow with transillumination is ____. a) Bleeding of the sinuses b) Sinus filled with air c) Sinus filled with pus - Answers b) Sinus filled with air A method for assessing the internal nose is ____. a) Inspections using an opthmaloscope b) Inspections using the fundoscope c) Inspections using the otoscope - Answers c) Inspection using the otoscope Palpation and percussion is used for ____. a) used to test for sinus tenderness b) used to detect hollow areas such as the stomach c) used to hear the apical pulse - Answers a) used to test for sinus tenderness Openings found on buccal mucosa across from second upper molars is called ___. a) Stenson ducts b) Wharton ducts c) lip pits - Answers a) Stenson ducts