Normal Anatomical Landmarks Dental
Radiography Questions and Answers
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What is the term used to describe the dark area at the top of the maxillary teeth in a dental X-ray?
✔✔Maxillary sinus.
What anatomical structure appears as a radiopaque line on an X-ray near the root tips of the
mandibular teeth?
✔✔Inferior alveolar ridge.
What is the name of the radiopaque structure seen as a line running through the middle of the
mandible on an X-ray?
✔✔Mandibular canal.
What is the term for the bony ridge that forms the upper edge of the maxilla in dental
radiography?
✔✔Alveolar ridge.
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,What structure appears as a dark, radiolucent area in a dental X-ray, indicating the presence of
soft tissue?
✔✔Sinus.
What is the radiopaque structure seen on a dental X-ray that represents the upper part of the
nose?
✔✔Nasal cavity.
What is the landmark seen as a radiolucent area between the maxillary central incisors in a dental
X-ray?
✔✔Nasal fossa.
What term is used to describe the small, circular radiolucent area located at the root apex in
dental radiography?
✔✔Apical foramen.
What anatomical landmark appears as a radiopaque band on the X-ray, often located between the
maxillary central incisors?
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, ✔✔Intermaxillary suture.
What is the radiopaque line seen near the crown of the mandibular molars in a dental X-ray?
✔✔Mylohyoid ridge.
What is the term used to describe the soft tissue shadow of the tongue that may appear in dental
radiographs?
✔✔Tongue shadow.
What is the radiolucent structure found on the X-ray, located above the maxillary molars?
✔✔Maxillary sinus.
What is the term for the radiopaque line that can be seen in the lower portion of the mandible on
an X-ray?
✔✔Mandibular border.
What is the radiopaque area that appears near the premolar teeth in the mandibular region?
✔✔Mental ridge.
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Radiography Questions and Answers
Latest Version 100% Pass
What is the term used to describe the dark area at the top of the maxillary teeth in a dental X-ray?
✔✔Maxillary sinus.
What anatomical structure appears as a radiopaque line on an X-ray near the root tips of the
mandibular teeth?
✔✔Inferior alveolar ridge.
What is the name of the radiopaque structure seen as a line running through the middle of the
mandible on an X-ray?
✔✔Mandibular canal.
What is the term for the bony ridge that forms the upper edge of the maxilla in dental
radiography?
✔✔Alveolar ridge.
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,What structure appears as a dark, radiolucent area in a dental X-ray, indicating the presence of
soft tissue?
✔✔Sinus.
What is the radiopaque structure seen on a dental X-ray that represents the upper part of the
nose?
✔✔Nasal cavity.
What is the landmark seen as a radiolucent area between the maxillary central incisors in a dental
X-ray?
✔✔Nasal fossa.
What term is used to describe the small, circular radiolucent area located at the root apex in
dental radiography?
✔✔Apical foramen.
What anatomical landmark appears as a radiopaque band on the X-ray, often located between the
maxillary central incisors?
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, ✔✔Intermaxillary suture.
What is the radiopaque line seen near the crown of the mandibular molars in a dental X-ray?
✔✔Mylohyoid ridge.
What is the term used to describe the soft tissue shadow of the tongue that may appear in dental
radiographs?
✔✔Tongue shadow.
What is the radiolucent structure found on the X-ray, located above the maxillary molars?
✔✔Maxillary sinus.
What is the term for the radiopaque line that can be seen in the lower portion of the mandible on
an X-ray?
✔✔Mandibular border.
What is the radiopaque area that appears near the premolar teeth in the mandibular region?
✔✔Mental ridge.
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