Tooth, Tongue, Salivary Glands Flashcards
Teeth are composed of internal soft tissue called _____ and 3 calcified tissues: _____ and ____ which make the surface layer and ____, which lies between the surface layer and internal soft tissue
pulp
enamel, cementum
dentin
Calcified dental tissues are made of _____ _____
calcium hydroxyapatite
Teeth have an enamel covered ____, a cementum covered _____, and a ____ (where the 2 surface materials meet).
crown
Root
cervix
Enamel consists of a highly calcified matrix of 2 fibrous high molecular weight glycoproteins called _____ and ____
enamelin
amelogen
____ is acellular after tooth eruption and cannot repair itself.
enamel
Note it is the hardest substance in the body
_____ makes up the bulk of the tooth and surrounds the central pulp chamber and root (pulp) Canal
dentin
Dentin has a calcified matrix containing _____ fibers and is manufactured by ______, which continuously produce dentin
collagen
odontoblasts
Odontoblasts are located at the periphery of the ____ and send cytoplasmic extensions (odontoblastic processes) into tunnel-like spaces called dentinal _____ within dentin
pulp
tubules
The cementum is a collagen containing calcifed matrix produced by _____
cementoblasts
_____ are in the apical region of the cementum and are located within lacunae. They send processes within canaliculi towards the peridontal ligament.
Cementocytes
the coronal region of the cementum has no cementocytes
_____ continuously produce cementum after tooth eruption to compensate for decrease in tooth length that results from enamel abrasion
cementoblasts
Dental ____ is a gelatinous connective tissue with odontoblasts in its peripheral layer (closest to dentin). It also contains mesenchymal cells and thin collagen fibers.
Pulp
Dental ____ is richly vascularized and innervated by sympathetic fibers. All sensations from this structure are interpreted as ____ in the CNS
pulp
pain
The _____ ligament is the dental supporting structure and consists of ____ irregular connective tissue located between the root cementum and bony alveolus.
peridontal
dense
Collagen fibers in the peridontal ligament are arranged in ____ ____ bundles that extend from the cementum to bone and suspends the tooth in its ___
principal fiber
alveolus
Gingivae is covered by stratified squamous partially keratinized (called _______) to keratinized epethlium.
parakeratinized
_____ has dense irregular CT that is arranged in 5 principal fiber bundles. It attaches to enamel surface via hemidesmosomes.
Gingivae