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DECEMBER1977

1.

Generally. the antibiotic of choice for

prophviactic therapy covering dental
procedures in the patient with a heart
valve abnormality is
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

MICROBIOLOGY-PATHOLOGY

7.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

penicillin.
lincomycin.
tetracycline.
streptOmycin.
erythromycin.
8.

2.

Prolonged anti.bacterial antibiotic therapy

mav predispose to infectious disease caused
by the indigenous oral microorgan ism
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Fusobacterium fusiforme.
Streptococcus mitis.
Treponema microden tium.
Actinomyces israelii.
Candida a/bicans.

When a thrombotic embolus orIginates In a

femoral vein, it usually becomes J.rresteO
in the
right heart.
n~nal circulatIon.
:Jonal circulation.
hepatic circulation.
pulmonary circuJation.

Rickettsial diseases can be diagnosed in the

laboratory using certain strains of Proteus
vulgaris because the rickettsia and these
bacteria
1.
2.
3.
4.

are morphologically similar. .

have certain antigens in common.
produce similar pathogenic changes.
have similar physiologic characteristics.

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..... An endocrine disease characterized

3.

The initial lesion of syphilis is a

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

4.

bubo.
gumma.
chancre.
pustule.
mucous patch.

A ben ign glandular neoplasm is termed

1.
2.
3.
4.

cyst.
nevus.
adenoma.
papilloma.

by
increased susceptibili ty to infection,
increased fatigability, recessive inheriunce
and polyuria is

1. acromegaly.
2. Graves disease.
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3. diabetes mellitus.
4. Cushing's disease'.
5. Hashimoto's disease.

10. A neoplasm composed of either blood vessels

or lymph vessels is designated as
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

aIlgi6ma.
hematoma.
papilloma.
blue nevus.
lymphosarcoma.

5. Chronic passivecongestion of the lungs is

most often secondary to
1.
2.
3.
4.

6.

malnutrition.
massivehemorrhage.
cor pulmonale.
atherosclerotic heart disease.

The chemical consti tuen ts of bacteria and

viruses which are most sensitive to
ultraviolet irradiation are

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

lipids.
proteins.
carbohydrates.
nucleic acids.
inorganic salts.

11. The mechanism of fibrin formation in

damaged tissue-is initiated by the
1. release of thromboplastin from
damaged ceils.
2. release of calcium from damaged cells.
3. formati()n of thrombin from the interaction
of prothrombin and fibrinogen.
4. interaction of thrombin and calcium.
12. The predominant bacteria found in salivaare
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

vibrios.
spirochetes.
lactobacilli..
streptococci.
fusiform bacilH.