Teeth

Question 1

What are the hard tissue that make up the teeth

Answer 1

enamel, dentin, cement

Question 2

What are the soft tissue that make up the teeth

Answer 2

pulp cavity, periodontal ligament (dense CT)

Question 3

What covers the crown of the tooth and is the hardest substance of the body

Answer 3

Enamel

Question 4

Enamel is completely acellular and avascular .T/F

Answer 4

true

Question 5

Enamel consist of prisms synthesized by _____ which are non- regenerable

Answer 5

ameloblasts

Question 6

Can enamel be replaced if damaged

Answer 6

no

Question 7

Dentin

Answer 7

skeleton of the tooth , living and regenerable

Question 8

Dentin contains dentinal tubules ans intertubular tissue composed of calcified matrix containing collagen fibers that are synthesized by

Answer 8

odontoblasts

- not embedded in the calcified matrix

Question 9

covers dentin of the root

Answer 9

cementum

Question 10

cementum contains collagen fibers that are synthesized by

Answer 10

cementocytes

Question 11

consists of jelly-like substance containing fibers, CT cells, blood vessels, and nerve fibers, lined by odontoblasts

Answer 11

dental pulp

Question 12

simple, short crown, but long root, crown covered by enamel and root by cementum

Answer 12

brachydont

Question 13

all teeth in carnivores, all teeth in humans

Answer 13

brachydont

Question 14

pigs have these teeth: all except canine (“tusks”)

Answer 14

brachydont

Question 15

incisors only : ruminants …what teeth

Answer 15

brachydont

Question 16

complex , long crown but short root, cement covers root and crown

Answer 16

hypsodont

Question 17

All teeth in horse and rodents

Answer 17

hypsodont

Question 18

Canine teeth in pigs

Answer 18

hypsodont

Question 19

ruminants : molars

Answer 19

hypsodont