Midterm Flashcards
Specialized mucosa
Covers the area that has specific function of taste on the dorsum of the tongue
Masticatory mucosa
Covers areas subject to stress such as gingival tissue and the hard palate
Lining mucosa
Covers all other areas of the oral cavity, inner surface of lips and cheeks and floor and roof of the mouth
Incisive papilla
Covers the incisive foramen
Palatine rugae
Paired raised folds on the hard palate
Palatine raphe
Junction of soft tissue extending vertically along entire midline
Lobes
Center of development that forms a tooth. 3 lobes form a labial surface of the crown and fourth shapes a cingulum
Mamelons
Scalloped border along incisal edge- remnants of lobe formation
Cingulum
Convex (rounded) elevation on cervical third of lingual surface
Nasion
Depressed portion between the eyes
Columella nasi
External tissue that separates nostrils
Palatoglossal
Anterior tonsillar pillar
Palatopharyngeal
Posterior tonsillar pilar
Coronal suture
Frontal and parietal bones
Sagittal suture
Parietal bones
Lambdoidal suture
Occipital and parietal bones
Squamosal suture
Temporal and parietal bones
Temporozygomatic suture
Temporal and zygoma bones
Median palatine suture
Palatine process of the maxilla
Transverse palatine suture
Palatine process of maxilla and horizontal palatine bones
Frontal sinus drains
Into the middle nasal meatus
Sphenoid sinus drains
Drains via the ostia in the superior nasal meatus
Ethmoid sinuses drains
Anterior and middle- middle nasal meatus
Posterior- via the Ostia in the superior nasal meatus