GI Tract
What does the oral cavity consist of ?
includes the lips, the inside lining of the lips and cheeks, the teeth, the gums, the front two-thirds of the tongue, the floor of the mouth below the tongue, and the bony roof of the mouth.
What is the function of the pyloric sphincter?
The pyloric sphincter is a band of smooth muscle that controls the movement of partially digested food and juices from the pylorus into the duodenum. The pyloric sphincter serves as a kind of gateway between the stomach and the small intestine. It allows the contents of the stomach to pass into the small intestine. It also prevents partially digested food and digestive juices from reentering the stomach.
Irregular bones cannot be what?
classified as short or long
What is the root ?
The part of a tooth below the neck of the tooth, covered by cementum rather than enamel and attached by the periodontal ligament to the alveolar bone.
What does gingiva mean ?
the gums
How long is the greater curvature?
is four or five times as long as the lesser curvature.
Hematopoiesis
production and development of blood cells, normally in the bone marrow
Examples of flat bones are
skull, shoulder blades and sternum
What is dentin?
It is the second hardest tissue that lies underneath the outer Enamel layer but is not as hard as enamel.
What are the three salivary glands?
Parotid, Submandibular & Sublingual
Define rugae
is a term used in anatomy that refers to a series of ridges produced by folding of the wall of an organ. Most commonly the term is applied to the internal surface of the stomach.
Meatus is what?
an opening or passage through any part of the body
Examples of long bones are ...
legs, arms, and fingers
What is the periodontal ligament?
is a group of specialized connective tissue fibers that essentially attach a tooth to the alveolar bone within which it sits.
What is the tongue ?
is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing.
What is the lesser omentum?
is the double layer of peritoneum that extends from the liver to the lesser curvature of the stomach and the first part of the duodenum.
Abduction means what?
away from the midline
There are five regions of the vertebral column what are they?
Cervical vertebrae
Thoracic vertebrae
Lumbar vertebrae
Sacral vertebrae
Coccyx
What is pulp?
is the part in the center of a tooth made up of living connective tissue and cells called odontoblasts.
Antineoplastics
Damages or kills cancer cells
What is the greater omentum?
is a large apron-like fold of visceral peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach.
Dorsiflexion does what to the foot?
elevates the foot
What is a deltoid?
A shoulder muscle
What is a root canal?
is a treatment sequence for the infected pulp of a tooth which results in the elimination of infection and the protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion.