Oral Histology

Question 1

Lines of _________ are in enamel and follow the appositional pattern.

Answer 1

Lines of RITZIUS

Question 2

Enamel/cementum is attached to the epithelial cuff via which type of anchoring protein?

Answer 2

HEMIdesmosomes!

Question 3

Submucosa of the hard palate = ______ connective tissue

Answer 3

dense

Question 4

Primary cementum possesses: lacunae?lamellae?canaliculi?cementocytes?

Answer 4

lamellae

Question 5

What anchor protein joins the cells of the sulcular epithelium?

Answer 5

desmosomes

Question 6

Epithelial Rests of _______ can calcify or form into cementicles.

Answer 6

Rests of Malassez

Question 7

Put these histogenesis events in order: Deposition of the first layer of enamel…Deposition of the first layer of dentin…elongation of inner dental epithelial cells…differentiation of odontoblasts

Answer 7

inner dental eli cells, diff of osteoblasts, dentin, enamel.

Question 8

the presence of _______ best differentiated the gingiva and mucosa of the hard palate.

Answer 8

glands

Question 9

In both gingiva and the hard palate, the lamina propria can connect directly to bone without an intervening _______

Answer 9

sub mucosa