Central Nervous system (CNS) / Head and Neck Mnemonics

1. Mnemonics : Contents of the Cavernous Sinus @ Our Teacher Overlooked My Correct Answers.
Oculomotor Nerve (CN III)
Trochlear Nerve (CN IV)
Ophthalmic Nerve (V1)
Maxillary Nerve (V2)
Carotid artery
Abducent Nerve (CN VI)

2. Mnemonics: Bones of the skull: @  Person Tired Of Studying Fails Everytime.
 Parietal (2) , Temporal (2) i.e. Paired
 O- Occipital (Unpaired)
 S- Sphenoid (Unpaired)
 F- Frontal (Unpaired)
 E- Ethmoid (Unpaired)

Oral Histology Slides - Papilla of tongue, Maxillary sinus, Parakeratinised epithelium, Vermillion border of lip, Serous and Mixed gland, Bone, muscle and Fat cells

Here are some of  the histologic slides of various tissue preparations of oral cavity and maxillary sinus prepared in the Department of Oral Pathology, College of Dental Surgery(CODS) , BPKIHS Dharan Nepal



1. Serous Gland

Salivary glands consists of secretory end pieces called acini which may either be of serous nature or mucuous nature. Some mucous acini are found to be capped by serous cells giving a bonnet or crescent shaped appearance which gives rise to the structures called demilunes.

CNS, MSK and Special Senses MCQs

1.Pain is conducted by?
A - alpha fibres
A - beta fibres
A - gamma fibres
A - delta fibres

2. Hunger center of brain is ?
Hypothalamus
Stria nigra
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
None of the above

MCQs on Gastrointestinal system, Hepatobiliary system and Metabolism

# In jaundice, there is an unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia which is most likely due to :

A. Hepatitis
B. Cirrhosis
C. Obstruction of bile canaliculi
D. Increased breakdown of red cells

# Bilirubin is conjugated with which of the following ?
A. Glycine
B. Glutamine
C. Acetyl CoA
D. Glucuronic acid

MCQs on Amalgam restoration

1. Conventional dental amalgam alloy contains:
a. Silver, tin, copper and zinc
b. Silver , mercury, copper and zinc
c. Silver, tin , palladium and zinc
d. Silver, copper, iridium and mercury

MCQs on Complete Dentures : Impression Procedures

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# In making a final impression for a complete denture, the most important area of the impression is :
A. Ridge area of maxilla and buccal shelf of mandible
B. Lingual border area of mandible
C. Junction of hard and soft palate of maxilla and distolingual area of mandible
D. Mid palatal area of maxilla and ridge of the mandible

# The stabillity of a mandibular complete denture will be enhanced when:
A. the level of occlusal plane is above the dorsum of the tongue
B. the tongue rests on the occlusal surface
C. the lingual contour of the denture is concave
D. the posterior teeth on the denture have a broad buccolingual width

Treatment Modalities of Leukemia

Most feared blood borne Cancer Leukemia is not incurable, however it takes the survivor so close to death that its scars takes years to heal. 

There are more than 15 million Cancer survivors under the age of 21 in United States alone. With increasing research in anti-cancer drugs and early detection of the disorder, it has been possible to reduce the fatalities due to Cancer and Leukemias in the recent few years.