Geographic tongue is of red colour because of________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The syndrome of geographic tongue should be treated by_____________?

   A. Excision of the lesion
   B. Penicillin therapy
   C. Topical application of Nystatin
   D. Routine observation at recall time

2. Which of the following muscle of tongue runs from dorsum of tongue to ventral_____________?

   A. Verticalis
   B. Superior longitudinal
   C. Inferior longitudinal
   D. Transverse

3. Beefy red and painful tongue is characteristic of_______________?

   A. Vitamin A deficiency
   B. Any periodontal disease
   C. Acute nicotinic acid deficiency
   D. Ascorbic acid deficiency

4. Red colour blindness is called________________?

   A. Deuteranopia
   B. Protanopia
   C. Protanomaly
   D. Deuteranomaly

5. Facial edema, cheilitis granulomatosa and a fissured tongue characterize which of the following syndromes ?

   A. Frey
   B. Melkerson-Rosenthal
   C. Teacher Collins
   D. None of the above

6. A patient notices a well demarcated area of depapillation on his tongue which has been there for as long as he can remember, The most probable diagnosis_____________?

   A. Median rhomboid glossitis
   B. Geographic tongue
   C. Black hairy tongue
   D. Moeller’s glossitis

7. Bifid tongue a congenital anomaly occurs due to non-fusion of____________?

   A. Tuberculum impar and lateral lingual swellings
   B. Hypobranhiral eminence and tuberculum impar
   C. The two lateral lingual swellings
   D. Some of the above

8. Hairy tongue is characterized by____________?

   A. Hypertrophy of fungiform papillae
   B. Hypertrophy of foliate papillae
   C. Hypertrophy of filiform papillae
   D. Hypertrophy of circumvallate papillae

9. Geographical tongue, all are true except______________?

   A. Lesions may be Bilaterally symmetrical on tongue
   B. No treatment is required
   C. Is a precancerous condition
   D. May be related to emotional stress

10. A blue nodular mass on the lateral border of the tongue is soft, smooth and blanches upon pressure It is most likely to be_____________?

    A. Lymphoma
    B. Hemangioma
    C. Epulis fissuratum
    D. Epithelioma