Dental Anatomy 1 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Incisive Papilla | Pear-shaped pad of tissue covering the incisive foramen |
Epithelial Tissue | Type of tissue that forms the covering of all body surfaces |
White Blood Cells | Cells that fight disease Also know as leukocytes |
Veins | Blood vessels that carry blood to the heart |
Mental Protuberance | Part of the mandible that forms the chin |
Osteoblasts | Cells that form bones |
Muscle Origin | Where the muscle begins |
Muscle Insertion | Where the muscle ends |
Joints | Where two or more bones come together |
Integumentary System | Skin system |
Compact Bone | Outer layer of bones needed for strength |
Cancellous | Light weight bone found interior. |
PeripheralNervousSystem | Spinal Nerves Cranial Nerves |
CentralNervousSystem | Brain and Spinal Cord |
Vallate Papillae | Largest papillae on the tongure, arranged in a from of a V |
Filifrom Papillae | thread like elevations on the tongue |
Connective Tissue | Major support material of the body |
zygomatic | Region of the head near the cheek bone |
Tempomandibular Joint | Joints on either side of the head that allows movement of the mandible |
Temporal | On either sides of the head superior to the zygomatic |
Mucobuccal Fold | Base of the vestibule where the buccal mucosa meets the alveolar mucosa |
Plasma | Staw coloured fluid that transports nutrients hormones and waste products |
Red Blood Cells | Cells that contain blood protein. Also know as Erythrocytes |
Lacrimal Bone | Paired facial bones that help form the medial wall of the orbit |
Parotid Duct | Duct associated with the parotid salivary gland |
Process | A projection on a bone |
Greater Palatine Nerve | Serves the posterior hard palate and the posterior lingual gingiva |
Occipital | Region of the head overlying the occipital bone covered by the scalp |
Maxillary Tuberosity | The pad of tissue behind the maxillary posterior teeth |
Trigeminal Nerve | Primary source supply for the oral cavity. |
Sharpey's Fibres | Tissues that anchor the periosteum to the bone |
Parotid Papilla | Small elevation of tissue located on the inner surface of the cheek |
Phitrum | Rectangular area from under the nose to the midline of the lip |
Persistalsis | Rhythmic action that moves food through the digestive tract |
Cartilage | Tough connective nonvascular elastic tissue |
Capillaries | A system of microscopic vessels that connects the arterial and venous systems |
Nerve Tissue | Responsible for coordinating and controlling the body activities |
Muscle Tissue | Ability to lengthen or shorten to provide movement to the body parts |
Fossa | Wide shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth |
Glenoid Fossa | Area of the temporal bone where condyles of the mandible articulate with the skull |
Hamulus | A hook shaped process |
Periosteum | specialized connective tissue that covers all bones of the body |
Angular Cheilosis | inflammation at the corners of the mouth |
Pericardium | doubled walled sac that enclosed the heart |
Masseter | Strongest most obivous muscle of mastification |
External Auditory Meatus | Bony passage of the outer ear |
Orbital | Region of head pertaining to around the eye |
Arteries | largest blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
Labial Commissure | The angle of the corner of the mouth |
Tragus | Cartilaginous projections anterior to the external opening of the ear |
Alveolar Process | portion of the maxillary bones that form the support for the teeth of the maxillary arach |
Foramen | small round opening in a bone |
Infraorbital | Region of the head below the orbital region |
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