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1
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Maxillary

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Upper jaw

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Mandibul

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Lower jaw

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3
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Cortical bone

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Mandible, thick white bone.

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4
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Concellous bone

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Mandible

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5
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Incisal foramen

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Between incisors

Small hole in between incisors

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6
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Median Palatal suture

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Where palate is fused together.

Incisal foramen

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7
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Maxillary sinus

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Air pockets. Radiolucent

Floor of sinus is part of the skull

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8
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Nasal cavity

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Near apex of central incisors

Radiolucent

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9
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Nasal septum

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Bone. Radiopaque area around nasal cavity

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Anterior nasal spine

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Combined parts. Where everything comes together. Nasal cavity and nasal septum

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11
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Zygomatic process

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Where your cheekbone connects above second molar

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12
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Maxillary tuberosity

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Bump past your last molar

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13
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Hamulus

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Looks like finger on both sides of maxillary. Past molars

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14
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Genial tubercle

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15
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Metal ridge

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Mental is lower. White line. Bone

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16
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Mandibular canal

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Pocket (fossa) holding nerves

17
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Mental foramen

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Looks similar to an abscess. Located lower mandibular bicuspids

18
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Ala of the nose

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Outer edge of the nostril

19
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Naso-labial groove

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Line between nose and outside of the lips. (Dimple)

20
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Philtrum

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Depression in the Upper lip

21
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Vermillion area

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Pink area of the lips

22
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Vermillion border

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Where pink of the lips meets the skin and makes a line

23
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Labial mental groove

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Area below lower lip that separates chin and lips

24
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Labial commissure

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Corner of the mouth

25
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Labial tubercle

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Small projection on upper lip

26
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Ventral surface of the tongue

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Underside of the tongue

27
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Dorsum surface of the tongue

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Upper surface of the tongue

28
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Papillae

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Raised protrusions on the tongue that hold taste buds

29
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Circumvallate/Vallate papillae

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Large v shaped bitter taste buds

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