DENT 1231 Chpt. 14

Lining mucosa covers which structure?

• hard palate

• alveolar ridges

• floor of the mouth

• surface of the tongue

Masticatory mucosa is found on the ______________.

• lips

• soft palate

• alveolar ridges

• surface of the tongue

The lamina propria consists of which 2 layers?

• granular and surface

• papillary and reticular

• basal and intermediate stratum

• hemidesmosomes and stratum granulosum

Which of the following best describes the shape of the col between the anterior teeth?

• flat

• concave

• sharp peak

• slightly convex

Which papillae lie in a V-shaped sulcus between the base and body of the tongue?

• foliate

• filiform

• fungiform

• circumvallate

____________ inject melanosomes into the basal cells of the gingival epithelium.

• melanocytes

• lymphocytes

• Merkel cells

• Langerhans cells