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Dental Vocab
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health-sciences
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dentistry
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A colloidal dispersion of one liquid in another
afflux
humectant
emulsion
alcohol
2. Injury to the body of a person - especially by violence
wound
ligate
halitosis
cuticle
3. Expiration - breathing out
orthopedic
exhalation
imbibition
recession
4. A shaft that holds any object to be rotated
mandrel
fibrillation
positioner
tuberosity
5. Local quivering of muscle fibers
apraxia
fibrillation
anatomy
lymphocyte
6. Inflammation of the mucous membrane
mucositis
atrophy
buckling
Stimulant
7. The prevention of disease
prophylaxis
vestibuloplasty
spatulation
hypnic
8. Rounded surface at a bone's articular end
radiolucent
prosthetist
condyle
sensory
9. Permission to perform an act from competent authority
license
lipoma
fabrication
infradentale
10. Add fluoride to a water supply
boipsy
fluoridate
electron
abrade
11. Abnormally incresed thirst
polydipsia
xanthoma
operatory
periodontics
12. Complete sectioning through the crown of a tooth
periosteum
vesicant
hemisection
pharmacy
13. Act of cutting away or taking out
excision
mutation
dermatosis
adenitis
14. Quartz; used to make up dental porcelain
typodont
eutaxia
dentition
silica
15. Wire inserted into a soft catherer or cannula to secure rigidity
anemia
osteoma
stylet
embrasure
16. An alloy - one of the constituents of Which is murcery
palsy
amalgam
glenoid
wheeze
17. Pertaining to the cheek surfaces of the posterior teeth
torus
irritant
occlusal
hepatitis
18. A disease of the skin and mucous membrane
veneer
lupus
ethics
basion
19. A strip of material applied to any body part
basion
lipoma
inventory
bandage
20. The rush of blood to a part
catalyst
epistaxis
radiolucent
afflux
21. A lightweight container in which x-ray films are placed for exposure to radiation
Cassette
lentula
vein
physiology
22. Substance that prevents moisture loss
tincture
oxygenate
humectant
temperature
23. Translation of data into a definition of a condition
aphasia
hypoplasia
diagnosis
stylet
24. Not susceptible to being dissolved
decididuous
lipoma
basion
insoluble
25. Muscular incoordination characterized by irregular muscle activity
ataxia
cuticle
kyphosis
scorbutus
26. Pertaining to an alveolus
antipyretic
alveolar
dolor
kyphosis
27. Excision of all or part of a bone
pathology
pharmacy
ostectomy
placebo
28. Person or product that causes action
minim
vein
agent
vasodilator
29. The fossa in the temporal bone in which condyles of the mandible articulate with the skull
glenoid
etiology
pyogenic
canine
30. Easy or normal respirations
surfactant
eupnea
relief
anomaly
31. A break or rupture of a part
caries
abrade
hypertrophy
fracture
32. Bleeding from the nose
myoma
pathology
epistaxis
hydrocelphalus
33. A membrane that quards the glottis duringduring swallowing
epiglottis
molar
radiation
hypochondria
34. To adjust an appliance so that it will exert effective force on the teeth and jaws
hepatitis
template
activate
xanthoma
35. A loose compound of iodine
operatory
glottis
iodophor
kyphosis
36. A fragment - piece or portion
adhesive
cantle
hemisection
keratosis
37. Condition in which a material sticks to itself or another material
distention
embrasure
alveolar
adhesion
38. A calcified body found in the pulp chamber
tuberosity
palate
trismus
denticle
39. A blood clot or other material that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a vessel
intubation
leverage
flaccid
embolus
40. Alternating muscular spasm and relaxation in rapid succession
antibody
clonus
hydrocelphalus
minim
41. To bind or tie with a suture
ligate
xanthoma
thermostat
examination
42. A device used to remove debris and fluids; an aspirator
ejector
volatile
embolus
temperature
43. The degree of sensible heat or cold
hemangioma
temperature
mucositis
anatomy
44. Agent that causes dilation of the blood vessels
etiology
vasodilator
minim
leukoplakia
45. Insertion of a tube
heredity
intubation
physiology
hypertrophy
46. A pattern or mold
template
system
analysis
stomatitis
47. Division into two parts or branches
cantle
bifurcation
hypnic
ataxia
48. Mixing silver alloy fillings with mercury to produce amalgam
trituration
calcium
resuscitation
quench
49. Death of a cell or group of cells
hypertrophy
halitosis
ligate
necrosis
50. Art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs
orthopedic
musculature
pharmacy
spatulation