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Identify Anatomy
Radiology POS 813
Question | Answer |
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avulsion | the complete displacement of a tooth from alveolar bone |
incipient | small; beginning to exist or appear |
lamina dura | the wall of the tooth socket that surrounds the root of the tooth |
alveolar bone | bone that supports and encases the roots of the teeth |
body of the manible | horizontal, u shaped portion that extends from ramus to ramus |
coronoid process | prominence of bone on the anterior ramus of the mandible |
external oblique ridge | linear prominence of bone located on the external surface of the body of the mandible |
incisive foramen | opening or hole in the bone behind the maxillary central incisors |
interradicular | between the roots |
mental foramen | opening or hole in bone located under the mandibular premolar |
nasal septum | vertical bony wall that divides the nasal cavity into the right and left nasal fossae |
torus | a bony growth in the oral cavity, plural tori |