anatomy

Question 1

The front surface of the anterior teeth

Answer 1

facial

Question 2

Another name for chewing surface

Answer 2

occlusal

Question 3

Surface toward the midline

Answer 3

mesial

Question 4

Surface away from the midline

Answer 4

distal

Question 5

Surface toward the tongue

Answer 5

lingual

Question 6

Surface toward the cheek

Answer 6

buccal

Question 7

Front teeth are called ___ teeth

Answer 7

anterior

Question 8

Back teeth are called ___ teeth

Answer 8

posterior

Question 9

Name of the top arch

Answer 9

maxillary

Question 10

Name of the bottom arch

Answer 10

mandibular

Question 11

Where two teeth meet/touch

Answer 11

contact area/point

Question 12

The jaw joint

Answer 12

tempomandibular joint

Question 13

Another name for baby teeth

Answer 13

deciduous

Question 14

Another name for bad bite

Answer 14

malocclusion

Question 15

The pointed chewing point of tooth

Answer 15

cusp

Question 16

The flat edge of the front teeth

Answer 16

incisal

Question 17

Term used to say that the teeth are coming through the gums into the mouth

Answer 17

erruption

Question 18

Term used to say that the baby teeth are falling out of the mouth

Answer 18

exfoliate

Question 19

Bumps on the roof of your mouth

Answer 19

rugae

Question 20

Roof of mouth behind the top front teeth

Answer 20

hard palate

Question 21

The roof of the mouth where your gag reflex is

Answer 21

soft palate

Question 22

Dangly tissue in the back of the mouth at the end of the soft palate

Answer 22

uvula

Question 23

The glands on either side of the back of the throat are called

Answer 23

tonsils

Question 24

The saliva gland in your cheek is called

Answer 24

parotid gland

Question 25

A band of tissue that connects two structures

Answer 25

frenum

Question 26

Top of the tongue

Answer 26

dorsum

Question 27

The underneath of the tongue

Answer 27

ventral

Question 28

The space that we measure with the perio probe between the tooth and gum

Answer 28

sulcus

Question 29

Toward/pertaining to the apex

Answer 29

apical

Question 30

Under the gum is called

Answer 30

subgingival

Question 31

Another name for gum tissue

Answer 31

gingiva

Question 32

Pertaining to gum tissue

Answer 32

gingival

Question 33

The part of the tooth you see in the mouth

Answer 33

crown

Question 34

Part of the tooth that is in the gum and bone

Answer 34

root

Question 35

The neck of the tooth is called

Answer 35

cervix

Question 36

Another name for toothless

Answer 36

edentulous

Question 37

Triangle of tissue/space between teeth

Answer 37

embrasure

Question 38

Tip of the root is called

Answer 38

apex

Question 39

Type of bone our teeth are in

Answer 39

alveolar

Question 40

The membrane that surrounds the root of a tooth

Answer 40

periodontal ligament

Question 41

The hole that the tooth sits in

Answer 41

tooth socket

Question 42

The small bump on the lingual of an anterior tooth

Answer 42

cingulum

Question 43

The outside shell of the tooth is called

Answer 43

enamel

Question 44

The second layer of the tooth, under the enamel

Answer 44

dentin

Question 45

What is covering the outside of the ROOT of a tooth

Answer 45

cementum

Question 46

What do we call the nerve/living center of the tooth

Answer 46

pulp

Question 47

Imaginary line that divides the right and left side of our mouth

Answer 47

midline

Question 48

When your mouth is divided into fourths

Answer 48

quadrants

Question 49

When we describe all the upper OR all the lower teeth

Answer 49

arch

Question 50

Division of the max and mandible into thirds

Answer 50

sextants