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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT TOOTH MORPHOLOGY
12 EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: succedaneous
Answer:
permanent teeth that replace primary teeth
Question 2: trifurcation
Answer:
area in which three roots divide
Question 3: diastemea
Answer:
a space between two teeth
Question 4: furcation
Answer:
area between two or more root branches
Question 5: bicanineate
Answer:
A two-cusp type of mandibular second premolar
Question 6: central groove
Answer:
most prominent development groove on the posterior teeth
Question 7: triangular groove
Answer:
a developmental groove that seperates a marginal ridge from the triangular ridge of a cusp
Question 8: incisal edge
Answer:
ridge on permantant incisors that appears flattened on the labial lingual or incisal view after tooth eruption
Question 9: inclined cuspal planes
Answer:
sloping areas between the cusp ridges
Question 10: cingulum
Answer:
raised, rounded area on the cervical third if the lingual surface
Question 11: marginal groove
Answer:
a developmental groove that crosses a marginal ridge and serves as a spillway, allowing food to escape during mastication
Question 12: imbrication
Answer:
slight ridges that run mesiodistally in the cervical third of the teeth
Question 13: tricanineate
Answer:
a three cusp type of mandibular second premolar
Question 14: Bifurcation
Answer:
area in which two roots divide
Question 15: marginal ridge
Answer:
rounded raised border on the mesial and distal portions of the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth and the occlusal table of posterior teeth
Question 16: morphology
Answer:
study of form and shape of teeth
Question 17: trifurcated
Answer:
divided into three roots
Question 18: nonsuccedaneous
Answer:
pertaining to a permanent tooth that does not replace a primary tooth
Question 19: molars
Answer:
teeth located in the posterior aspect of the upper and lower jaws
Question 20: mamelon
Answer:
rounded enamel extension on the incisal ridges of incisors
Question 21: cusp
Answer:
major elevation on the masticatory surfaces of canines and posterior teeth
Question 22: Bifurcated
Answer:
divided into two
Question 23: pegged laterals
Answer:
incisors with a pointed or tapered shape
Question 24: fossa
Answer:
wide, shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth
Question 25: canine eminence
Answer:
external vertical bony ridge on the labial surface of the canine
Question 26: cusp of carabelli
Answer:
the fifth supplemental cusp found to the mesiolingual cusp