Chapter 2: Oral cavity and Pharynx and molar identification

The upper and lower horseshoe-shaped spaces in the oral cavity between the lips and cheeks anteriorly and laterally and the teeth and their soft tissue medially and posteriorly are considered the _________________

A) oral mucosa

B) labial mucosa

C) buccal mucosa

D) vestibules

D) vestibules

These oral vestibules are lined by a mucous membrane or ________________

A) oral mucosa

B) labial mucosa

C) buccal mucosa

D) vestibules

A) oral mucosa

All the teeth are attached to the bony surface of the alveoli by the fibrous ____________________

A) periodontium

B) cementum

C) alveolar process

D) periodontal ligament

D) periodontal ligament

_________________________, which allows some slight tooth movement within the alveolus while still supporting the tooth

A) periodontium

B) cementum

C) alveolar process

D) periodontal ligament

D) periodontal ligament

just distal to the last tooth of the maxillary arch is a tissue-covered elevation of bone, the _________________

A) median palatine

B) palatine tonsil

C) retromolar pad

D) maxillary tuberosity

D) maxillary tuberosity

on the lower jaw is a dense pad of tissue is a dense pad of tissue located just distal to the last tooth of the mandibular arch, the ___________________

A) median palatine

B) palatine tonsil

C) retromolar pad

D) maxillary tuberosity

C) retromolar pad

a less than common variation present usually on the facial surface of the alveolar process of the maxillary arch is ___________

A) mandibular torus

B) exostoses

C) mucogingival junction

D) fauces

B) exostoses

Another similar variation present on the lingual surface of the mandibular arch is the ___________________

A) mandibular torus

B) exostoses

C) mucogingival junction

D) fauces

A) mandibular torus

each ___________ is a developmental growth of bone with a possible heredity etiology

A) tori

B) exostoses

C) mucogingival junction

D) fauces

A) tori

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