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Landmarks of the xray of mouth

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Oral Cavity Terms
Oral Cavity Definitions
Vestibules   horseshoe spaces in the oral cavity between lips and cheeks  
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Labial Frenum   fold of tissue located at the midline between the labial mucosa and the alveolar mucosa  
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Lingual Frenum   fold of tissue located at midline, between the bottom surface of the tongue and the floor of the mouth  
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Linea Alba   white ridge of raised callused tissue that extends horzontally at the level where the max and mand teeth come together and occlude  
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Canine Eminence   vertically oriented and labially placed bony ridge of alveolar bone noted in the jaw bones *especially in the maxillae  
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Maxillary Tuberosity   tissue covered elevation of the bone, just distal to the last tooth of the max arch  
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Retromolar Pad   Dense pad of tissue, just distal to the last tooth of the mand arch  
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Attatched Gingiva   gingiva that tightly adheres to the alveolar bone around the roots of the teeth  
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Marginal Gingiva   gingiva at the gingival margin of each tooth *aka free gingival  
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Pillar of Fauces   Two arches at the back of the mouth (anterior and posterior)  
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Anterior Pillar of Fauces   "palatoglossal arch" formed by the palatoglosus muscle  
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Posterior Pillar of Fauces   "palatopharynxgeal arch" formed by the palatopharyngeus muscle  
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Palate   roof of the mouth  
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Hard Palate   the anterior portion of the palate  
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Soft Palate   looser posterior portion of the palate  
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Median Palatine Rahpe   midline ridge of tissue on the hard palate that overlies the bony fussion of the palate  
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Palatine Rugae   the firm, irregular ridges of tissue, directly posterior to the incisive papilla  
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Incisive Papilla   smal bulge of tissue at the most anterior portion of the hard palate  
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Base   most posterior portion of the tongue, attaches to the floor of the mouth, does not lie within the oral cavity proper but within the oral part of the throat  
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Body   anterior portion of the tongue  
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Dorsal Surface of Tongue   top surface of tongue  
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Filliform Lingual Papilla   slender threadlike, whitish lingual papilli that gives the dorsal surface of the tongue its velvety texture  
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Fugiform Lingual Papilla   smaller mushroom shaped lingual papilli on the dorsal surface of the tongue (reddish)  
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Foliate Lingual Papillae   vertical ridges of lingual papillae on the lateral surface of the tongue  
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Sublingual Fold   ridge of tissue on each side of the floor of the mouth  
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Sublingual Caruncle   small papilla at the anterior end of each sublingual fold  
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Vermillion Zone   has a darker appearance than the surrounding skin of the lips  
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Vermillion Border   lips are outlined from the surrounding skin by a trasmission zone  
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Philtrum   on the midline of the upper lip extending downward from the nasal septum, a vertical groove  
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Turbercle   the philtrum terminates in a thicker area of the midline of the upper lip  
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Labial Commissure   where the upper and lower lips meet at each corner of the mouth (where you get cold sores)  
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Nasolabial Sulcus   groove extending upper, between each labial cummissure and the alla of the nose  
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Labiomental Groove   lower lip extends to the horzontal labiomental groove which separates the lower lip from the chin in the mental region  
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