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101. Osteosclerosis of bone occurs due to______________?

A. Decreased host resistance
B. Increase in the virulence of organisms causes infection
C. Increased host response
D. Occurs in immunocompromised patients

102. Venous malformation involving the leptomeninges of the cerebral cortex is salient feature of_____________?

A. Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
B. Maffuci’s syndrome
C. Angioosteohypertrophy syndrome
D. Sturge weber syndrome

103. Preauricular pain, grating sensation and partial trismus are the symptons of______________?

A. TMJ fibrous ankylosis
B. TMJ bony ankylosis
C. TMJ pain dysfurction symdnome
D. Ear infection

104. Polydactyly, craniosynostosis, late closure of fontanelles is a feature of_______________?

A. Apert’s syndrome
B. Crouzon’s syndrome
C. Pierre robin syndrome
D. Down syndrome

105. Osteosarcoma characteristically may develop in some causes of______________?

A. Osteopetrosis
B. Osteogenesis imperfecta
C. Acromegaly
D. Osteitis deformans

106. Histopathologically reversal lines are seen in_____________?

A. Cherubism
B. Fibrous dysplasia
C. Paget’s disease of the bone
D. Craniofacial dysplasia

107. Most common primary malignant bone tumor is_______________?

A. Osteosarcoma
B. Ewing sarcoma
C. Metastatic carcinoma
D. Multiple Myeloma

108. Which of the following is NOT a clinical feature of Pierre-Robin syndrome ?

A. Micrognathia
B. Retrognathia
C. Glossoptosis
D. Coloboma of lower eyelid

109. Eruption fails in this bone disease, as there is no bone resorption_______________?

A. Primary hyperparathyroidism
B. Phantom bone disease
C. Paget’s disease
D. Osteopetrosis

110. Mutation in GNAS 1 gene is associated with________________?

A. Fibrous dysplasia
B. Ossifying fibroma
C. Focal cementoosseous dysplasia
D. Periapical cementoosseous dysplasia