Pulp Chambers And Canals

Question 1

Dental pulp originates from ______

Answer 1

Mesenchyme

Question 2

What are the four functions of dental pulp?

Answer 2

Formative
Nutritive
Sensory
Defensive

Question 3

The pulp cavity is much ____ in a young person than an older person

Answer 3

Larger

this is because of secondary dentin forming continuously

Question 4

Where is the foramen located?

Answer 4

It is the opening at the apex of the tooth in which the neurovascular bundle enters the tooth

Question 5

True or false… in tooth development, the apical foramen is actually larger than the pulp chamber

Answer 5

Twue

Question 6

What is a delta system?

Answer 6

If the multiple apical foramen break up into tiny canals

Question 7

What is the difference between the pulp chamber and pulp canal?

Answer 7

Around the CEJ but not exact; it is a histological demarcation

Question 8

how can you distinguish between the pulp chamber and pulp canal in a multi rooted tooth?

Answer 8

The pulp cavity within the root is the pulp canal, the remaining pulp cavity is the pulp chamber

Question 9

Define pulp horns

Answer 9

Projections or prolongations in the roof of the pulp chamber

Question 10

If there are prominent mamelons, what might you expect to see in the pulp chamber?

Answer 10

Pulp horns going towards the mammelons