Oral Path Final Exam
AMALGAM TATTOO A FLAT, BLUISH-GRAY LESION OF THE ORAL MUCOSA RESULTING FROM THE
INTRODUCTION OF AMALGAM PARTICLES INTO THE TISSUE
ANAPLASTIC CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION OF CELLS AND THEIR
ORIENTATION TO ONE ANOTHER; A CHARACTERISTIC OF MALIGNANT
TUMORS
ANEMIA A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS, QUANTITY OF
HEMOGLOBIN, OR VOLUME OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS TO LESS THAN
NORMAL
ANGULAR CHEILITIS ERYTHEMA OR FISSURING AT THE LABIAL COMMISSURES; MAY BE CAUSED
BY FACTORS SUCH AS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; MOST COMMONLY
RESULTS FROM CANDIDA OR BACTERIAL INFECTION
ANKYLOSIS IMMOBILITY OF A JOINT BECAUSE OF FIBROUS OR BONY UNION BETWEEN
THE ARTICULATING STRUCTURES OF THE JOINT
ANODONTIA CONGENITAL LACK OF TEETH
ANTIBODY A PROTEIN MOLECULE OR IMMUNOGLOBULIN THAT IS SECRETED BY
PLASMA CELLS AND REACTS WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; IGA, IGD, IGE, IGG,
IGM
ANTIGEN ANY SUBSTANCE ABLE TO INDUCE A SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE
ASPIRIN BURN A TYPE OF CHEMICAL INJURY THAT OCCURS WHEN A PATIENT PLACES AN
ASPIRIN TABLET DIRECTLY ON MUCOSAL TISSUE INSTEAD OF SWALLOWING
IT; TISSUE BECOMES NECROTIC AND APPEARS WHITE
ATTRITION THE WEARING AWAY OF TOOTH STRUCTURE DURING MASTICATION
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AN IMMUNOPATHOLOGIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TISSUE
TRAUMA CAUSED BY AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST TISSUE
CONSTITUENTS OF ONE'S OWN BODY
BENIGN A CONDITION THAT IS NOT LIFE THREATENING
BRUXISM THE HABIT OF GRINDING AND CLENCHING OF THE TEETH TOGETHER FOR
NONFUNCTIONAL PURPOSES
BULLA A CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED LESION THAT IS MORE THAN 5MM IN
DIAMETER, USUALLY CONTAINS SEROUS FLUID AND LOOKS LIKE A BLISTER
, Oral Path Final Exam
CANDIDIASIS AN OVERGROWTH OF THE YEASTLIKE FUNGUS CANDIDA ALBICANS; MOST
COMMON ORAL FUNGAL INFECTION;
-CAN RESULT FROM ANTIBIOTIC USE,
CANCER, CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY, DENTURES, DIABETES, HIV
CHEMOTAXIS THE MOVEMENT OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AS DIRECTED BY BIOCHEMICAL
MEDIATORS, TO AN AREA OF INJURY
CHICKENPOX A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY THE VARICELLA ZOSTER
VIRUS; CHARACTERIZED BY VESICULAR AND PUSTULAR ERUPTIONS OF THE
SKIN AND/OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES, ALONG WITH SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS
CLEFT LIP CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE FACE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF FUSION
BETWEEN THE EMBRYONIC MAXILLARY AND MEDIAL NASAL PROCESSES
COMPOUND ODONTOMA AN ODONTOGENIC TUMOR THAT CONSISTS OF A COLLECTION OF
NUMEROUS SMALL TEETH
CYST AN ABNORMAL SAC OR CAVITY LINED BY EPITHELIUM AND SURROUNDED
BY FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
DENS IN DENTE TOOTH WITHIN A TOOTH; DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY THAT RESULTS
WHEN THE ENAMEL ORGAN INVAGINATES INTO THE CROWN OF A TOOTH
BEFORE MINERALIZATION; MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN THE MAXILLARY
LATERAL INCISOR
DENTIGEROUS CYST A CYST THAT FORMS AROUND THE CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED OR
DEVELOPING TOOTH
DILACERATION A SHARP BEND OR CURVE, AS IN THE ROOT OF A TOOTH
ENCAPSULATED SURROUNDED BY A DENSE BAND OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ERYTHEMA MIGRANS GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE
ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME AN ACUTE, SELF LIMITED DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE SKIN AND MUCOUS
MEMBRANES; UNKNOWN CAUSE; TARGET LESION
AMALGAM TATTOO A FLAT, BLUISH-GRAY LESION OF THE ORAL MUCOSA RESULTING FROM THE
INTRODUCTION OF AMALGAM PARTICLES INTO THE TISSUE
ANAPLASTIC CHARACTERIZED BY A LOSS OF DIFFERENTIATION OF CELLS AND THEIR
ORIENTATION TO ONE ANOTHER; A CHARACTERISTIC OF MALIGNANT
TUMORS
ANEMIA A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELLS, QUANTITY OF
HEMOGLOBIN, OR VOLUME OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS TO LESS THAN
NORMAL
ANGULAR CHEILITIS ERYTHEMA OR FISSURING AT THE LABIAL COMMISSURES; MAY BE CAUSED
BY FACTORS SUCH AS NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; MOST COMMONLY
RESULTS FROM CANDIDA OR BACTERIAL INFECTION
ANKYLOSIS IMMOBILITY OF A JOINT BECAUSE OF FIBROUS OR BONY UNION BETWEEN
THE ARTICULATING STRUCTURES OF THE JOINT
ANODONTIA CONGENITAL LACK OF TEETH
ANTIBODY A PROTEIN MOLECULE OR IMMUNOGLOBULIN THAT IS SECRETED BY
PLASMA CELLS AND REACTS WITH A SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; IGA, IGD, IGE, IGG,
IGM
ANTIGEN ANY SUBSTANCE ABLE TO INDUCE A SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE
ASPIRIN BURN A TYPE OF CHEMICAL INJURY THAT OCCURS WHEN A PATIENT PLACES AN
ASPIRIN TABLET DIRECTLY ON MUCOSAL TISSUE INSTEAD OF SWALLOWING
IT; TISSUE BECOMES NECROTIC AND APPEARS WHITE
ATTRITION THE WEARING AWAY OF TOOTH STRUCTURE DURING MASTICATION
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AN IMMUNOPATHOLOGIC CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY TISSUE
TRAUMA CAUSED BY AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST TISSUE
CONSTITUENTS OF ONE'S OWN BODY
BENIGN A CONDITION THAT IS NOT LIFE THREATENING
BRUXISM THE HABIT OF GRINDING AND CLENCHING OF THE TEETH TOGETHER FOR
NONFUNCTIONAL PURPOSES
BULLA A CIRCUMSCRIBED, ELEVATED LESION THAT IS MORE THAN 5MM IN
DIAMETER, USUALLY CONTAINS SEROUS FLUID AND LOOKS LIKE A BLISTER
, Oral Path Final Exam
CANDIDIASIS AN OVERGROWTH OF THE YEASTLIKE FUNGUS CANDIDA ALBICANS; MOST
COMMON ORAL FUNGAL INFECTION;
-CAN RESULT FROM ANTIBIOTIC USE,
CANCER, CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY, DENTURES, DIABETES, HIV
CHEMOTAXIS THE MOVEMENT OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AS DIRECTED BY BIOCHEMICAL
MEDIATORS, TO AN AREA OF INJURY
CHICKENPOX A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY THE VARICELLA ZOSTER
VIRUS; CHARACTERIZED BY VESICULAR AND PUSTULAR ERUPTIONS OF THE
SKIN AND/OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES, ALONG WITH SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS
CLEFT LIP CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE FACE CAUSED BY THE FAILURE OF FUSION
BETWEEN THE EMBRYONIC MAXILLARY AND MEDIAL NASAL PROCESSES
COMPOUND ODONTOMA AN ODONTOGENIC TUMOR THAT CONSISTS OF A COLLECTION OF
NUMEROUS SMALL TEETH
CYST AN ABNORMAL SAC OR CAVITY LINED BY EPITHELIUM AND SURROUNDED
BY FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
DENS IN DENTE TOOTH WITHIN A TOOTH; DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY THAT RESULTS
WHEN THE ENAMEL ORGAN INVAGINATES INTO THE CROWN OF A TOOTH
BEFORE MINERALIZATION; MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN THE MAXILLARY
LATERAL INCISOR
DENTIGEROUS CYST A CYST THAT FORMS AROUND THE CROWN OF AN UNERUPTED OR
DEVELOPING TOOTH
DILACERATION A SHARP BEND OR CURVE, AS IN THE ROOT OF A TOOTH
ENCAPSULATED SURROUNDED BY A DENSE BAND OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ERYTHEMA MIGRANS GEOGRAPHIC TONGUE
ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME AN ACUTE, SELF LIMITED DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE SKIN AND MUCOUS
MEMBRANES; UNKNOWN CAUSE; TARGET LESION
