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DENTAL TERMINOLOGY 01 Flashcards

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LABIA

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LIP

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LABIUM SUPERIORIS

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UPPER LIP

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LABIUM INFERIORIS

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LOWER LIP

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LABIAL COMMISSURE

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CORNER WHERE UPPER AND LOWER LIP MEET

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ORAL FISSURE

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OPENING BETWEEN LIPS

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VERMILION BORDER

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THE OUTSIDE BORDER OF THE LIPS

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VERMILION ZONE

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COLORED PART OF THE LIPS (RED OR BROWN)

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PHILTRUM

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VERTICAL GROOVE ON THE MIDLINE OF THE UPPER LIP

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TUBERCLE OF UPPER LIP (CUPIDS BOW)

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VERTICAL DEPRESSION AT THE BASE OF PHILTRUM

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CANTHUS

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CORNER OR…

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NASOLABIAL GROOVE

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DEPRESSION BETWEEN EDGE OF THE NOSE AND CORNER OR LIP

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LABIOMARGINAL SULCUS

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DEPRESSION BETWEEN THE OUTER CORNER OF LIP AND LOWER JAWLINE

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MENTUM

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CHIN

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LABIOMENTAL GROOVE

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DEPRESSION BELOW MIDLINE OF THE LOWER LIP

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NARIS

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NOSTRIL

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GLABELLA

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FOREHEAD

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VESTIBULE

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SPACE BETWEEN TEETH AND THE CHEEK

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ALVEOLAR BONE

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BONE THAT HOLDS AND ENCASES THE ROOTS OF TEETH

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PAROTID PAPILLA (STENSON’S DUCT)

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OPENING OF THE PAROTID SALIVARY GLAND

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PAPILLA

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SOFT TISSUE BUMP/PROJECTION

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MUCOBUCCAL FOLD

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DEEPEST PART OF VESTIBULE WHERE ALVEOLAR AND BUCCAL MUCOSA MEET

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MUCOGINGIVAL LINE

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COLOR CHANGE FOR GINGIVA&raquo_space; ALVEOLAR MUCOSA

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MUCOSA

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SOFT TISSUE LINING OF THE MOUTH

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LABIAL MUCOSA

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LINES THE INNER PARTS OF THE LIPS

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BUCCAL MUCOSA
LINES THE INNER CHEEK
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ALVEOLAR MUCOSA
COVERS THE ALVEOLAR BONE
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PALATIAL MUCOSA
LINES THE PALATE (ROOF OF MOUTH)
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GINGIVAL MUCOSA
COVERS THE GUM (ROOTS OF TEETH)
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PALATE
ROOF OF MOUTH
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HARD PALATE
FRONT PORTION-MUCOSA COVERS BONE
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SOFT PALATE
BACK-PORTION MUCOSA COVERS MUSCLE
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INCISIVE PALATE
RAISED AREA OF SOFT TISSUE BEHIND FRONT TEETH
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PALATINE RUGAE
RAISED SOFT TISSUES RIDGES BEHIND THE INCISIVE PAPILLA
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PALATINE RAPHE
LINE FOLLOWING MIDLINE OF PALATE -MARKS WHERE 2 HALVES MEET
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PALATINE FOVEA
CIRCULAR DEPRESSIONS AT JUNCTION OF THE HARD + SOFT PALATE
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UVULA
U-SHAPED SOFT TISSUE HANGING FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SOFT PALATE
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MAXILLARY TUBEROSITY
PROJECTION OF MAXILLA BEHIND MOST POSTERIOR TOOTH
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FRENUM
SOFT-TISSUE CONNECTION BETWEEN A FIXED AND MOVEABLE STRUCTURE
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MAXILLARY FRENUM
CONNECTS UPPER JAW STRUCTURE
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MANDIBULAR FRENUM
CONNECTS LOWER JAW STRUCTURE
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CENTRAL FRENUM
AT MIDLINE; CONNECTS LIP TO GINGIVA
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LATERAL FRENUM
CONNECTS CHEEK TO GINGIVA
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GLOSSUS
TONGUE -USED FOR EATING, TASTING, SPEECH
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DORSUM
UPPER SURFACE OF THE TOUNGE
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APEX
TIP OF THE TOUNGE
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LATERAL BORDER
SIDE OF THE TOUNGE
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BASE OF THE TOUNGE
ATTACHES TO FLOOR OF THE MOUTH
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VENTRAL SURFACE
UNDERSURFACE
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MEDIAN SULCUS
DIVIDES THE TOUNGE INTO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES
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SULCUS TERMINALIS
MARKS WHERE THE BACK OF THE TOUNGE JOINED THE FRONT
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FORAMEN CAECUM
CIRCULAR DEPRESSION AT THE MIDLINE OF THE TOUNGE BEHIND THE SULCUS TERMINALIS
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CIRCUMVALLATE PAPILLAE
LARGES PAPILLAE WIRH TASTE BUDS- ON BACK OF TOUNGE
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FILIFORM
SMALL, WHITE, HAIR-LIKE PAPILLAE COVERING THE FRONT OF TOUNGE -MOVES FOOD TOWARD THE THROAT
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FUNGIFORM
SMALL, ROUND, RED PAPILLA ON FRONT PORTION OF TOUNGE
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FOLIATE
RUFFLES OF TISSUE ON LATERAL BORDER OF THE TOUNGE
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LINGUAL VEIN
VEING VISIBLE ON THE UNDERSURFACE OF THE TOUNGE ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LINGUAL FRENUM
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LINGUAL FRENUM
UNDER THE TOUNGE-CONNECTS TOUNGE TO FLOOR OF MOUTH
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SUBLINGUAL CARUNCLE
SMAL PAPILLA AT THE FRONT END OF EACH SUBLINGUAL FOLD
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SUBLINGUAL FOLD
LINEAR, RAISED AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF MIDLINE OF THE FLOOR OF THE MOUTH
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ARCHES
CURVES, SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES THAT SEPARATE THE ORAL CAVITY FROM THE THROAT
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PALATOGLOSSAL ARCH/ANTERIOR PILLAR
ARCH OF TISSUE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE PALATE TO THE TOUNGE-IN FRONT OF TONSILS
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PALATOPHARANGEAL ARXH
ARCH OF TISSUE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE PALATE TO THE THROAT-BEHIND THE TONSILS
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IMMUNITY
FUNCTION OF PALATINE TONSILS
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PALATINE TONSILS
LARGE GLANDS LOCATED BETWEEN THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR ARCHES
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PHARYNX
THROAT
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NASOPHARYNX
UPPER PART OF THROAT-BEHIND NOSE
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OROPHARYNX
MIDDLE PART OF THE THROAT-BEHIND MOUTH
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LARYNGOPHARYNX
LOWER PART OF THE THROAT-IN THE NECK BEHIND LARYNX

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