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Describe the ventral surface of the tongue?

A

Smooth

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Describe the dorsal surface of the tongue?

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Rough and irregular

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It comprises the hard and soft palate?

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Secondary palate

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Hard palate arises from the fusion of?

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Inferior nasal septum and palatine process

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Non union of the inferior nasal septum and palatine processes?

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Uranoschisis

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5
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Non union of the rest of the palatine process?

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Staphyloschisis

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Embryonic origin of vestibular lamina?

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Ectoderm

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First sign of tooth development?

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Dental lamina

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First sign of enamel organ formation?

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Tooth bud

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9
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Enamel organ is also known as?

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Dental organ

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10
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Stage where enamel and dentin is deposited?

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Apposition

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Describe the striae of retzius in the incisal tips and cuspal areas?

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Concentric

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Decribe the striae of retzius in proximal areas?

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Oblique

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Significance of the bands of hunter schregger?

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Prevents enamel cracking during chewing

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14
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Enamel lamellae serves as?

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Avenues for dental caries

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15
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Enamel tufts causes?

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Lateral spread of caries

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16
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Structure best seen in cross section?

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Enamel tufts

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17
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Enamel spindles causes?

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Hypersensitivity of DEJ

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Organic part of the enamel?

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Enamel matrix

19
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Inorganic part of enamel left during decalcification?

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Enamel cuticle

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Dentinal tubule with 3 or more branches?

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Greater branching of the dentinal tubules

21
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Significance of terminal branches of dentinal tubules?

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Causes hypersensitivity to the DEJ

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Content of dead tracts?

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What can cause dead tracts? (5)

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  • Attrition
  • Abrasion
  • Erosion
  • Caries
  • Odontoblastic crowding
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It provides the vitality of the tooth?

25
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Makes the zone of weil fibrous in appearance?

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Remaks fibers (unmyelinated)

26
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What is formed slower? Acellular or cellular cementum?

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2 types of acellular cementum?

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  • Acellular afibrillar
  • Acellular extrinsic fiber
28
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Remnants of HERS?

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Epithelial rest of Malassez

29
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Persistent epithelial rest of Malassez may cause?

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  • Enamel pearls/enamelomma
  • Cementicles
  • Cyst or tumor
30
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Principal fibers of the PDL?

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Dentoalveolar fibers

31
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Another term for interstitial tissue?

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Indefinite tissue

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Contents of interstitial tissue?

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  • Blood vessels
  • Nerves
  • Lymphatics
  • Connective tissue cells such as fibroblast, macrophage, mast cells
33
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Cells found inside the bone matrix?

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Cementocytes

34
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Shallow depressions of the bone surface where osteoclasts are located?

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Howships lacuna

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Found between the cortical plate of bone and alveolar bone proper?

36
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Insertion of the periodontal ligament in the alveolar bone?

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Sharpeys fiber

37
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Alveolar bone composed of sharpeys fiber?

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Bundle bone

38
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Another term for gingiva?

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Marginal periodontium

39
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Most peripheral part of the tooth supporting structures?

40
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Ligaments found above the alveolar bone? (2)

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  • Gingival ligament
  • Transseptal ligament
41
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Gingival ligament is found in what layer of the gingiva?

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Lamina propria

42
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Another term for transseptal ligament?

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Interdental ligament

43
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It makes the serous cells darker in appearance?

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Protein content

44
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It makes the mucous cells light in appearance?

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Carbohydrates

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