Tongue + Teeth

Question 1

What epithelium is on the tongue

Answer 1

Specialized

Mucosa- thicker dorsally, thinner and smoother posteriorly

Question 2

What are Von Ebner glands associated with

Answer 2

Vallate papillae

Function is to produce serous fluid to cleanse the taste buds

Question 3

Taste buds are located on all papillae except

Answer 3

Filiform papillae

Question 4

What is the lamina propia like of a tongue

Answer 4

Loose CT, adipose possible

Question 5

The Submucosa of the tongue is

Answer 5

Contains lingual salivary glands, produce products as the major glands, adipose possible

Question 6

What cells produce dentin

Answer 6

Odontoblasts

Question 7

What cells produce enamel

Answer 7

Ameloblasts

Question 8

What tooth cells will persist in adults

Answer 8

Odontoblasts

Question 9

Enamel is produced by what

Answer 9

Ameloblasts

Question 10

What is the CT beneath the odontoblasts

Answer 10

Dental pulp

Question 11

Which cell type will maintain dentin

Answer 11

Odontoblasts

Question 12

Ameloblastss are

Answer 12

Polarized columnar cells

Lose following tooth eruption

Question 13

What is the hardest substance in the human body

Answer 13

Enamel

Made of interlinked enamel rods

Cannot make more after tooth eruption= bc no ameloblasts

Question 14

Where is dentin located

Answer 14

Beneath enamel, it is harder than bone

Question 15

Dentin contains

Answer 15

Thin dentinal tubules containing nerves and cell processes of odontoblasts

Question 16

What is the precursor to dentin

Answer 16

Predentin, it is before mineralization

Question 17

What type of cells are odontoblasts

Answer 17

Columnar cels lining pulp cavity

Survive in adults

Question 18

What is the function of odontoblasts

Answer 18

Repair and produce dentin (maintain)

Question 19

What is another word for dental pulp

Answer 19

Dental papilla

CT with many blood vessels and nerves

Is a potential problem- excessive inflammation