TCDHA Dental and Orofacial Midterm Review Exam Questions And Answers

TCDHA Dental and Orofacial Midterm Review Exam Questions And Answers Keratinized layer of dead cells no nuclei Parakeratinized dead and dying cells with and without nuclei Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:07 / 0:15 Full screen Nonkeratinized Cells that are alive Specialized mucosa Mucosa on the upper surface (top) or dorsum of the tongue Masticatory mucosa Tissue of gingiva and hard palate; undergoes trauma or compression during mastication (chewing) (keratinized) Lining mucosa Includes mucosa of cheeks, lips, soft palate, floor of mouth under tongue, alveolar mucosa (non keratinized) Vestibule Space that exists between the lips or cheek and the teeth Oral cavity proper Area surrounded by the teeth back to the palatine tonsils Alveolar bone Bone that forms sockets for the teeth Gingiva gum tissue that surrounds the teeth and alveolar bone; separated into free gingiva and attached gingiva retromolar pad Small elevation of tissue posterior to the mandibular third molar (8s) Fauces Spaces between left and right tonsils Exostosis bony growth (benign) arising from the surface of bone Incisive papilla bulge of tissue posterior to central incisors at midline Rugae Ridges of epithelial and connective tissue (often burned by hot foods) found on anterior portion of hard palate, and covered by KERATINIZED EPITHELIUM Lateral borders the teeth and mucosa confines the lateral boarders of the oral cavity proper Posterior lateral bounded by tonsils and pillars Palatoglossal arch Anterior pillae Palatopharyngeal arch Posterior pillae Lingual frenum The thin fold of mucous membrane that extends from the floor of the mouth to the underside of the tongue Sublingual frenum Opening for the ducts of 2 major salivary glands, submandibular and sublingual glands Mandibular tori Bony swellings along lingual surface of mandible May present difficulty when placing films for dental radiographs & in preparing study models Tongue muscles Referred to as Skeletal muscle or voluntary striated muscle Groupings for tongue muscles - intrinsic muscles - extrinsic muscles