ANATOMY OF OROFACIAL STRUCTURES
9TH EDITION PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Fossa tooth
Answer: shallow depression
◉ Cingulum
Answer: Lingual lobe of a front tooth
◉ Pits tooth
Answer: small pointed depression anywhere in enamel
◉ Cusps
Answer: mound on crown of tooth that makes up a major division of
its occlusal surface
◉ Ridge
Answer: is an elevated portion of a tooth that runs in a line
◉ Marginal ridges
,Answer: elevated are of enamel that forms the Mesial and distal
borders
◉ Triangular ridge
Answer: ridge or elevation that descends from the cusp and widens
as it runs downward to the middle area of the occlusal surface
◉ Transverse ridge
Answer: The union of two triangular ridges that produces one ridge
across the occlusal surface
◉ Concavity
Answer: is a carved out section or area like a cave
◉ anterior teeth have...
Answer: 2 developmental grooves
◉ *Line angles* are
Answer: formed by the junction of two surfaces and derives its name
from the combination of the two surfaces that join
◉ Line angles of anterior teeth
,Answer: labioincisal, mesiolingual, mesiolabial, distolingual,
distolabial
◉ Line angles of posterior teeth
Answer: mesiobuccal, distobuccal, mesiolingual, distolingual, mesio-
occlusal, disto-occlusal, bucco-occlusal, and linguo-occlusal
◉ Salivary glands
Answer: Major salivary glands are 3 pairs of glands that produce the
bulk of the fluid in the mouth, break down food, keep from drying
out
◉ 3 glands
Answer: parotid, submandibular, sublingual
◉ parotid gland
Answer: composed of grape like clusters of cell, secrete into tubes
leading into oral cavity
◉ is largest of all glands, only produce 25% of total salivary volume
Answer:
◉ Stenson's duct (parotid)
, Answer: opens in buccal mucosa adjacent to maxillary second molar,
submandibular gland a salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either
side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva, has serous and
mucous cells
◉ Mandibular duct
Answer: passes deep to the digastric muscle and opens into the floor
of the mouth rostral to the frenulum
◉ sublingual gland
Answer: smallest of major salivary glands 10%
◉ anterior floor of the mouth
Answer:
◉ bottom of tongue
Answer: ventral
◉ top of tongue
Answer: dorsum
◉ lingual tonsils
9TH EDITION PRACTICE TEST 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Fossa tooth
Answer: shallow depression
◉ Cingulum
Answer: Lingual lobe of a front tooth
◉ Pits tooth
Answer: small pointed depression anywhere in enamel
◉ Cusps
Answer: mound on crown of tooth that makes up a major division of
its occlusal surface
◉ Ridge
Answer: is an elevated portion of a tooth that runs in a line
◉ Marginal ridges
,Answer: elevated are of enamel that forms the Mesial and distal
borders
◉ Triangular ridge
Answer: ridge or elevation that descends from the cusp and widens
as it runs downward to the middle area of the occlusal surface
◉ Transverse ridge
Answer: The union of two triangular ridges that produces one ridge
across the occlusal surface
◉ Concavity
Answer: is a carved out section or area like a cave
◉ anterior teeth have...
Answer: 2 developmental grooves
◉ *Line angles* are
Answer: formed by the junction of two surfaces and derives its name
from the combination of the two surfaces that join
◉ Line angles of anterior teeth
,Answer: labioincisal, mesiolingual, mesiolabial, distolingual,
distolabial
◉ Line angles of posterior teeth
Answer: mesiobuccal, distobuccal, mesiolingual, distolingual, mesio-
occlusal, disto-occlusal, bucco-occlusal, and linguo-occlusal
◉ Salivary glands
Answer: Major salivary glands are 3 pairs of glands that produce the
bulk of the fluid in the mouth, break down food, keep from drying
out
◉ 3 glands
Answer: parotid, submandibular, sublingual
◉ parotid gland
Answer: composed of grape like clusters of cell, secrete into tubes
leading into oral cavity
◉ is largest of all glands, only produce 25% of total salivary volume
Answer:
◉ Stenson's duct (parotid)
, Answer: opens in buccal mucosa adjacent to maxillary second molar,
submandibular gland a salivary gland inside the lower jaw on either
side that produces most of the nocturnal saliva, has serous and
mucous cells
◉ Mandibular duct
Answer: passes deep to the digastric muscle and opens into the floor
of the mouth rostral to the frenulum
◉ sublingual gland
Answer: smallest of major salivary glands 10%
◉ anterior floor of the mouth
Answer:
◉ bottom of tongue
Answer: ventral
◉ top of tongue
Answer: dorsum
◉ lingual tonsils
