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the face
the lips
oral cavity proper
gingiva
palate
100
the ________ of the mandible forms the chin
What is "the mental protuberance"?
100
This is the angle at the corner of the mouth
What is the labial commissure?
100
buccal refers to this
What is "cheek"
100
anatomical term for gums
What is gingiva?
100
this ends with a pear shaped hanging projection of tissue called the uvula
What is the soft palate?
200
the fold of tissue at the corner of the eyelids
What is canthus?
200
A condition of inflammation or cracking at the corners of the lips
What is angular cheilosis?
200
Area inside the dental arches
What is the oral cavity proper?
200
the gingiva that extends from the base of the sulcus to the mucogingival junction
What is attached gingiva?
200
the U shaped projection of tissue at the posterior area of the soft palate
What is the uvula?
300
the groove that extends upward between each labial commissure and the nasal ala
What is the nasolabial sulcus?
300
considered the gateway to the oral cavity
What are the lips
300
the bottom of the vestibule where the buccal mucosa meets the alveolar mucosa
What is the mucogingival junction?
300
When you view the gingiva of a patient this can vary according in individual patients
What is pigmentation?
300
the movable posterior 1/3 of the palate
What is the soft palate?
400
the cartilaginous projection of the ear that is anterior to the external opening is the:
What is tragus?
400
This is the outer margin of the lips, it is sometimes darker in color that the vermilion zone
What is vermilion border?
400
this is a narrow band of tissue that connects 2 structures
What is a frenum?
400
2 characteristics of normal healthy gingiva include
What are stippled, knife like edges
400
irregular ridges of masticatory mucosa located behind the maxillary centrals
What is rugae?
500
speaking, cleansing the oral cavity, positioning food while eating are all functions of this
What is the tongue?
500
this is the space between the teeth and the inner mucosal lining of the lips and cheek
What is the vestibule?
500
A white ridge of raised tissue on the buccal mucosa that extends horizontally at a level where the maxillary and mandibular teeth come together
What is linea alba?
500
unattached gingiva consists of the tissues from the top of the gingival margin to the
What is "base of the gingival sulcus"?
500
the pear shaped pad of tissue located behind the maxillary central incisors
What is the incisive papilla?