Test 1

Question 1

Midline

Answer 1

Imaginary line that divides the body
into right and left halves

Question 2

Mesial

Answer 2

Surface closest to the midline

Question 3

Distal

Answer 3

Surface farthest away from midline

Question 4

Lateral

Answer 4

To the side of something

Question 5

Posterior

Answer 5

Towards the back

Question 6

Lingual

Answer 6

Towards the tongue

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

Toward the front

Question 7

Maxillae

Answer 7

Upper Arch

Question 8

Vermilion Zone

Answer 8

transitional zone of reddish tissue joining skin of face with lips.

Question 9

Mandible

Answer 9

Lower Arch

Question 10

Philtrum

Answer 10

indentation at midline of upper lip

Question 10

Vestibule

Answer 10

space between lips or cheeks and teeth

Question 11

Oral Cavity

Answer 11

Area extending from lips and
posteriorly to palatine tonsils.

Question 12

Oral Cavity Proper

Answer 12

area from teeth or alveolar ridges back to tonsils

Question 13

labial vestibule

Answer 13

Anterior vestibule

Question 14

buccal vestibule

Answer 14

Lateral vestibule

Question 15

Labial Frenum

Answer 15

Fold of tissue at midline in both upper and lower lips

Question 16

Retromolar pad

Answer 16

elevated tissue behind last mandibular molar.

Question 17

Maxillary tuberosity

Answer 17

elevation on the posterior part of the maxillary body

Question 18

Lingual Frenum

Answer 18

part of the Oral Cavity
Proper not the Vestibule

Question 19

Ankyloglossia

Answer 19

“tongue-tied”; caused by frenum that is attached too close to the tip of the tongue

Question 20

Diastema

Answer 20

Max. lip frenum may cause Maxillary centrals to separate

Question 21

Incisive papilla

Answer 21

bulge of tissue at midline just posterior to central incisors

Question 22

Hard palate

Answer 22

anterior portion of roof of mouth

Question 23

Rugae

Answer 23

ridges of tissue found on hard palate

Question 24

Soft palate

Answer 24

posterior portion of roof of mouth; forms uvula

Question 25

Exostoses

Answer 25

small bony growths in vestibule area

Question 26

Torus palatinus

Answer 26

excess boney growth in midline of hard palate on maxilla

Question 27

Torus mandibularis

Answer 27

excess boney growth on lingual surface of mandible.

Question 28

Fauces

Answer 28

space between left and right tonsils

Question 29

Lingual Frenum

Answer 29

fold of tissue extending from near tip of tongue to floor of mouth

Question 30

palatine tonsils

Answer 30

Normally just called tonsils; found at the side of the throat opposite the back of the tongue.

Question 31

tonsillar pillars

Answer 31

The vertical folds of tissue that lie in front of and behind the palatine tonsils in the lateral throat wall.

Question 32

oral pharynx

Answer 32

The area behind the oral cavity that runs from the palatine tonsils to the back wall of the throat.

Question 33

labia

Answer 33

lips

Question 34

Bucca

Answer 34

cheeks

Question 35

Superior

Answer 35

Above

Question 36

Inferior

Answer 36

Under

Question 37

Fordyce granules

Answer 37

Misplaced sebaceous glands in the lips, cheek, or retromolar pad area.

Question 38

zygomaticoalveolar crest

Answer 38

Heavy ridge of maxilla and zygomatic bone that forms a heavy supporting ridge running up from the alveolar process of the maxillary premolar–molar region.

Question 39

coronoid process

Answer 39

Bony projection at the upper anterior ramus of the mandible; point of attachment for the temporal muscle

Question 40

cortical plate

Answer 40

Dense bone on the buccal and lingual surfaces of the alveolar bone

Question 41

posterior pillar

Answer 41

palatopharyngeal arch or fold.

Question 42

anterior pillar

Answer 42

palatoglossal arch or fold.

Question 43

sublingual caruncle

Answer 43

Small elevation of soft tissue at the base of the lingual frenum that is the opening for the submandibular duct.

Question 44

sublingual fold

Answer 44

Fold of tissue extending backward on either side of the floor of the mouth; duct of the submandibular gland lies below it.