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ORAL MUCOSA AND GINGIVAL TISSUES

1.      ______there are ____ types of oral mucosa

2.      ______associated with lips and cheeks, floor of mouth, underside of tongue, soft palate and alveolar mucosa

3.      ______lining mucosa is ___________ (in terms of keratinization)

4.      ______associated with gingiva and hard palate

5.      ______masticatory mucosa is __________ (in terms of keratinization)

6.      ______associated with dorsal and lateral of tongue

7.      ______specialized  mucosa is _________ (in terms of keratinization)

8.      ______most numerous of papilla, guides food for swallowing

9.      ______mushroom shaped, red papilla, contain taste buds

10.  ______papilla on lateral borders of tongue, contain taste bads

11.  ______mushroom shaped v-shape line of papilla on posterior of tongue

12.  ______red, pink, white patches over body of tongue, unknown cause – describes appearance of tongue

13.  ______only papilla to not have tastebuds

14.  ______layer of dead cells that build up on tongue surface and becomes stained by tobacco or chromogenic bacteria

15.  ______black hairy tongue is dominant in

16.  ______cell of oral mucosa that produces keratin

17.  ______have ideal location to make contact with invading bacteria & to establish a mechanism to protect the body

18.  ______located in basal layer of gingival epithelium function as touch receptors

19.  ______produces melanon in basal layer of gingival epithelium function to inject melanon into keartinocytes

20.  ______most common type of epithelium in the oral cavity

21.  ______mitosis occurs here (nonkeratinized epithelium)

22.  ______makes up bulk of nonkeratinized epithelium

23.  ______very similar to intermediate layer

24.  ______least common form of epithelium in oral cavity

25.  ______mitosis occurs here (orthokeratinezed epithelium)

26.  ______makes up bulk of orthokeratinized epithelium

27.  ______contains keratohyaline granules

28.  ______substance in granular form found in cytoplasm of cells

29.  ______flat, no nuclei, varying degrees of thickness (orthokeratinized epithelium)

30.  ______same layers as orthokeratinized except keratin layer does have nuclei

31.  ______layer of connective tissue that will lie beneath the surface epithelium of oral mucosa

32.  ______lamina propria predominately contains what type of fibers

33.  ______lamina propria also contains these type of fibers

34.  ______made of loose connective tissue, superficial layer

35.  ______deeper with large amount of fibers

36.  ______non-keratinized, thick, pinkish color

37.  ______non-keratinized, thin, red color

38.  ______non-keratinized, thin, reddish/pink color

39.  ______non-keratinized, thin deep pink color

40.  ______parakeratinized, pinkish color, stippling

41.  ______orthokeratinzed, thin

42.  ______buccal/labial mucosa renews itself in ____ days

43.  ______attached renew itself in ____ days

44.  ______tastebuds renew in ____ days

45.  ______junctional epithelium renew in ____ days

46.  ______reduction of stippling, increased Fordyce granules, enlargement of lingual varicosities are all signs of

47.  ______attached, free, and interdental are types of

48.  ______depression where interdental papilla meets point of tooth contact – can be reservoir for entrapped food

49.  ______stands away from tooth creating the sulcus, filled with sulcus fluid

50.  ______there is ____ sulcus fluid in healthy tissue

51.  ______lines floor of sulcus, attached to tooth’s surface by way of epithelial attachment – undergoes constant mitosis

Disclaimer: These notes were copied and pasted from files sent to me by Andrea.  They have not been reviewed for errors. You are responsible for checking out the information to verify the accuracy. This site, Amy Nieves and Andrea are not responsible for typographical errors.

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