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Mod 2 terms Ch.5
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Question | Answer |
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Mentalis | Muscle of chin-Protrudes lower lip and wrinkles the skin |
Mandible | Bone of lower jaw |
Maxilla | Two bones that frm the uppe jaw |
Crepitus | TMJ- Bone cracking, sound under skin around joints. |
Cancellous Bone | light weight, sponge-like bone |
Bruxism | Grinding of teeth |
Articulate | Join togeather |
Sialolith | Stone in salivary duct. |
Mastication | Chewing |
Zygomatic | Cheekbone |
Xerostomia | Dry mouth |
Insertion | movable end of a muscle |
Masseter | Chewing muscle that closes mouth |
Glenoid Fossa | Shallow impression within the temporal bone |
Foramina | openings in bone allowing for passage of nerve & blood vessels. |
Suture | Immovable line of union between two bones |
Temporomandibular joint | Joint between temporal bone of skull and the condyle of the mandible |
Alveolar Process | Part of the mandible and maxilla that contains the tooth sockets. |
Orgin | Fixed attachment of a muscle. |
maxillary tuberosity | rounded prominence of bone posterior to maxillary molars |