Dental Embryology Chap 2  8/22

Anterior Boundary of the Oral Cavity

Posterior Boundary of the Oral Cavity

The lateral boundary of the Oral Cavity

The Superior Boundary of the Oral Cavity

The Inferior Boundary of the Oral Cavity

Facial Structures are those...

Facial Structures Closest to the Lips are

Facial Structures Closest to the Inner Cheek are

Facial Structures Closest to the Tongue are

The Lingual Structures Closest to the Palate are

The upper and lower horseshoe shaped spaces in the oral cavity between the lips and cheeks anteriorly and laterally and the teeth and their soft tissue medially and posteriorly are

The maxillary and mandibular vestibules are lined by a mucous membrane called

The inner part of the lips are lined with a pink...

Labial Mucosa is continuous with the equally pink...

Buccal mucosa lines the

The dense pad of underlying fat tissue, covered in buccal mucosa, at the posterior part of each vestibule is

The buccal fat pad acts as a protective cushion during

The small elevation of tissue on the inner part of the buccal mucosa, just opposite the maxillary second molar is the

What protects the opening of the parotid duct (Stenson's Duct) of the parotid salivary gland?

Where the pink labial mucosa or buccal mucosa meets the redder alveolar mucosa at the mucobuccal fold is the

The fold of tissue located at the midline between the labial mucosa and the alveolar mucosa on the upper and lower dental arches is the...

What are the small, yellowish elevations on the labial and buccal mucosa?

True or False
Fordyce's spots are deeper deposits of sebum from trapped or misplaced sebaceous gland tissue, usually associated with hair follicles.

The white ridge of calloused tissue (or hyperkeratinization) that extends horizontally at the level where the maxillary and mandibular teether come together and occlude is the...

The maxilla is the...

The mandible is the...

True or false
The maxillary bone is a single bone with moveable articulation to the temporal bones.

This facial bone includes a body and four processes.

True or False
Each body of the maxilla is superior to the teeth and contains the maxillary sinus.

This facial bone is a single bone with a movable articulation with the temporal bones.

The temporomandibular joint connects the...

the heavy horizontal part of the lower jaw inferior to the teeth is the...

These are bony extensions of the maxilla and mandible that contain each tooth socket or alveolus (plural, alveoli) of the teeth

True or false
the facial part of the alveolus of the canine, the vertically placed canine eminence is especially prominent on the maxilla.

what is the canine eminence?

all teeth are attached to the surface of the alveoli by the fibrous...

True or False
the periodontal ligament (PDL) allows no tooth movement within the alveolus while supporting the tooth.

each of the mature and fully erupted teeth consists of both the...

the crown of the tooth is composed of the extremely hard over layer, the moderately hard inner layer and the innermost layer. these layers are called the...

while the outermost layer of the crown is called the enamel the outermost layer of the root is called the...

True or False
the bone like cementum attaches to the periodontal ligament (PDL) which then attaches to the alveoli of bone holding the tooth in its socket.

the alveolar processes with the tech in the alveoli are called

the dental arches are the

the teeth in the mandibular arch are the

the teeth in the maxillary arch are the

a soft tissue-covered elevation of the bone, just distal to the last tooth of the maxillary arch is the

a dense pad of tissue located just distal to the last tooth of the mandibular arch is the

the teeth of children or primary teeth include...

adult teeth, or permanent teeth include..

anterior teeth are

posterior teeth are

the anterior superior alveolar artery supplies the

posterior superior alveolar artery supplies the

which teeth are drained by the inferior alveolar vein

the inferior alveolar artery supplies the

the posterior superior alveolar vein drains the

composed of a firm mucosa, surrounding the maxillary and mandibular teeth and the alveoli and covering the alveolar processes are the soft tissue gums called the..

the gingival tissue that tightly adhears to the bone around the roots of the teeth is the

the scallop-shapped mucogingival junction is the line of demarcation between the...

the gingival margin of each tooth, which forms a cuff above the neck of the tooth is called the

The inner surface of the gingival tissue with each tooth faces a space is called the

the gingivla tissue between adjacent teeth is an extension of attached gingiva and is considered the...

Each extension of the interdental gingiva is the...

the inside of the mouth is the...

The oral cavity proper is enlosed anteriorly by the _____ and _____ arches.

The opening from the oral cavity proper into the pharynx or throat is called the...

True or False
the fauces are formed laterally on each side by the anterior faucial pillar and the posterior faucial pillar

The roof of the mouth is called the...

The palate has two parts, anterior and posterior, the firmer anterior part is considered the

a midline ridge of tissue on the hard palate, which overlies the bony fusion of the palate is the

a small bulge of tissue at the most anterior part of the hard palate, lingual to the anterior teeth is the

directly posterior and radiating from the incisive papilla and raphe are irregual ridges of tissue called the

The looser posterior part of the palate is considered the

a midline muscle structure that hangs down from the posterior margin of the soft palate is the

extending from the junction of the hard and soft palates down to the mandible, just behind the distale mandibular tooth and stretches when the mouth is opened wider is the

The posterior 1/3 is pharyngeal part of the tongue, also called the

the base of the tongue attaches to the floor of the mouth and does not lie within the oral cavity proper but instead within the oral part of the...

The anterior 2/3 of the tongue, which lies within the oral cavity proper is the

the tip of the tongue is the

the top of the tongue is the

the dorsal surface of the tongue has a midline depression that corresponds to the position of a midline structure deeper in the tongue and fusion tissue area, called the

certain surfaces of the tongue have small, elevated structures of specialized mucosa called

some lingual papille are associated with specialized organs of taste called

the slender, threadlike, whitish lingual papillae, which give the dorsal surface of the tongue its velvety texture are the

the reddish, smaller mushroom-shaped dots on the dorsal surface are the

posteriorly on the dorsal surface of the tongue and difficult to see clinically is an incerted V-shaped grove called the

the 10-14 larger mushroom shapped lingual papillae that line up along the anterior side of the sulcus terminalis on the body are the

where the sulcus terminalis points backward toward the throat is a small, pitlike depression, the...

posteriorly on thee dorsal surface of the base of the tongue is an irregualr mass of tissue called the

the side or lateral surface of the tongue has vertical ridges called the

the underside of the tongue is called the

True or False
the ventral surface of the tongue has small visible blood vessels, the deep lingual veins, which pass far from the surface.

lateral to each deep lingual vein are fringelike projections called

midline fold of tissue between the ventral surface of the tongue and the floor of the mouth is the

joining the V-shaped configuration extedning from the lingual frenum to the base of the tongue, on each side of the floor of the mouth is the

small papila at the anterior end of each sublingual fold contains openings of the submandibular duct and sublingual duct are

the muscular tube that serves both the repiratory and digestive systems is the

The division of the pharynx that is superior to the level of the soft palate and is continuous with the nasal cavity is the

the division of the pharynx between the doft palate and the opening of the larynx and is the oral part of the pharynx is the

True or False
part of all three divisions of the pharynx are visible on an intraoral examination

the inferior division of the pharynx close to the laryngeal opening and not visible on an intraoral exam is the

A normal variation noted usually on the facial surface of the alveolar process of the maxillary arch, and are localized developmental growths of normal bone with a possible hereditary etiology are

noted on the lingual aspect of the mandibular arch, a larger developmental growth of normal bone with a possible hereditary etiology and associated with bruxism and are usually present bilaterally in the are of the premolars are

a normal variation noted on the midline of the hard palate is the