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What is the study of the formation and development of an embryo and fetus
Embryology
What is the highest point of the alveolar ridge
Alveolar crest
What is the gingivae between the teeth
Dental papilla
What is the type of cell in connective tissue responsible for the formation of the intercellular substance of pulp
Fibroblast
What is the lower jaw
Mandibular
What is a fertilized egg?
Zygote
What are cells that form enamel?
Ameloblasts
What is the connective tissue that envelops the developing tooth
Dental sac
What are the alternating light and dark bands in the enamel that are produced when enamel prisms intertwine or change direction
Hunter-Schreger bands
What are cells that form dentin
Odontoblasts
What are cells that form bone
What are cells that form cemebtum?
Cementoblasts
What are the fibers found in dentinal tubules
Dentinal fiber
What is the second branchial arch, which forms the styloid process, stapes of the ear, stylohyoid ligament, and part of the hyoid bone
Hyoid arch
What are the structures that surround, support, and are attached to the teeth?
Periodontium
What is a thin, compact bone that lines the alveolar socket, (hint, also known as cribiform plate)
Lamina dura
What is the portion of the tooth that is visible in the oral cavity?
Clinical crown
What is an organism in the earliest stages of development?
Embryo
What is the oral mucosa that covers the hard palate, dorsum of the tongue, and gingiva
Masticatory mucosa
What is cementum that covers the root of the tooth and is formed outward from the cementodentinal junction for the full length of the root
Primary cementum
What is natural opening in the root?
Apical Foramen
What is the dense outer covering of spongy bone that makes up the central part of the alveolar process?
Cortical plate
What is the stage of human development that occurs from the beginning of the second week to the end of the 8th week
Embryonic
What is reproductive cell production that ensures the correct number of chromosomes
Meiosis
What are the incremental rings that represent variations in deposition of the enamel matrix during tooth formation, much like the growth rings in the tree
Striae of Retzius