Questions And Verified Actual Answers.
What is the name for the mineralized ends within the alveolar bone and cementum? - Answer
Sharpey's fibers
Which of the following is found in the periodontal ligament? - Answer Fibrous connective tissue
What are nerve terminals that function as sensors of proprioception? - Answer Paciniform
_____ is one of the terms for bone that covers the overall maxilla and mandible units. - Answer
Alveolar bone
The PDL is composed mainly of _____ fiber bundles. - Answer collagen
_____ is the abundant type of cells in the PDL. - Answer fibroblast
Which fibers in the gingival area run continuous around the tooth? - Answer circumferential
Which cells are responsible for bone resorption? - Answer osteoclasts
Which is not an innate mechanism for allowing for compensation of growth of roots and larger
permanent teeth? - Answer hyalinization
Which type of bone is spongy and can be seen radiographically? - Answer cancellous
which cells are a part of our immune system and are largely responsible for phagocytosis? - Answer
macrophages
, Which is not a function of the PDL? - Answer thermodynamics
Which dentoalveolar fiber group is located in-between multi-rooted teeth? - Answer interradicular
fibers
Which of the following is not true interstitial spaces in the PDL space? - Answer oxytalan fibers run
horizontal to the PDL
Which of the following does not play a role in chewing? - Answer Sharpey's fibers
What lines the tooth socket in the alveolar process? - Answer Alveolar bone proper
Which is more resistant resorption? This is an important factor to consider in orthodontics. - Answer
cementum
What resorbs as a result of tooth extraction? - Answer alveolar ridge
Which of the following does not have its own blood supply? - Answer cementum
____ is the most coronal portion of the alveolar bone. - Answer alveolar crest
What layer of the oral mucosa lies just above the periosteum? - Answer submucosa
Which cells of the oral mucosa have a characteristic racket shape cell? - Answer langerhans
the cell turnover rate for the JE is approximately _____? - Answer 6 days
_____ the most common type of cells found int eh epithelial tissues. - Answer stratified squamous
Which of the types of connective tissue has denser collagen fibers? - Answer reticular