Mouth
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Mouth. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Mouth.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Alveolar Process - The thickest and spongiest part of the maxilla and mandible hollowed out into deep cavities for the ...
Bicuspid - One of the eight permanent teeth, two on either side in each jaw, between the canines (CUSPID) and t...
Cuspid - The third tooth to the left and to the right of the midline of either jaw, situated between the seco...
Dental Cementum - The bonelike rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to...
Dental Cementum - The bonelike rigid connective tissue covering the root of a tooth from the cementoenamel junction to...
Dental Enamel - A hard thin translucent layer of calcified substance which envelops and protects the dentin of the c...
Dental Papilla - Mesodermal tissue enclosed in the invaginated portion of the epithelial enamel organ and giving rise...
Dental Pellicle - A thin protein film on the surface of DENTAL ENAMEL. It is widely believed to result from the select...
Dental Pulp - A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the centra...
Dental Pulp Cavity - The space in a tooth bounded by the dentin and containing the dental pulp. The portion of the cavity...
Dental Sac - Dense fibrous layer formed from mesodermal tissue that surrounds the epithelial enamel organ. The ce...
Dentin - The hard portion of the tooth surrounding the pulp, covered by enamel on the crown and cementum on t...
Dentin, Secondary - Dentin formed by normal pulp after completion of root end formation....
Dentition - The teeth collectively in the dental arch. Dentition ordinarily refers to the natural teeth in posit...
Dentition, Mixed - The complement of teeth in the jaws after the eruption of some of the permanent teeth but before all...
Dentition, Permanent - The 32 teeth of adulthood that either replace or are added to the complement of deciduous teeth. (Bo...
Dentition, Primary - The teeth first in order or time of development that will be replaced by permanent dentition upon th...
Diastema - An abnormal opening or fissure between two adjacent teeth....
Enamel Organ - Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enam...
Gingiva - Oral tissue surrounding and attached to TEETH....
Incisor - Any of the eight frontal teeth (four maxillary and four mandibular) having a sharp incisal edge for ...
Lip - Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth....
Molar - The most posterior teeth on either side of the jaw, totaling eight in the deciduous dentition (2 on ...
Molar, Third - The aftermost permanent tooth on each side in the maxilla and mandible....
Mouth - The oval-shaped oral cavity located at the apex of the digestive tract and consisting of two parts: ...
Mouth Mucosa - Lining of the ORAL CAVITY, including mucosa on the GUMS; the PALATE; the LIP; the CHEEK; floor of th...
Natal Teeth - Predeciduous teeth present at birth. They may be well formed and normal or may represent hornified e...
Palatal Muscles - The muscles of the palate are the glossopalatine, palatoglossus, levator palati(ni), musculus uvulae...
Palate - The structure that forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of the anterior hard palate (PALATE, HAR...
Palate, Hard - The anteriorly located rigid section of the PALATE....
Palate, Soft - A movable fold suspended from the posterior border of the hard palate. The uvula hangs from the midd...
Parotid Gland - The largest of the three pairs of SALIVARY GLANDS. They lie on the sides of the FACE immediately bel...
Periapical Tissue - Tissue surrounding the apex of a tooth, including the apical portion of the periodontal membrane and...
Periodontal Ligament - The fibrous CONNECTIVE TISSUE surrounding the TOOTH ROOT, separating it from and attaching it to the...
Periodontium - The structures surrounding and supporting the tooth. Periodontium includes the gum (GINGIVA), the al...
Salivary Ducts - Any of the ducts which transport saliva. Salivary ducts include the parotid duct, the major and mino...
Salivary Glands - Glands that secrete SALIVA in the MOUTH. There are three pairs of salivary glands (PAROTID GLAND; SU...
Salivary Glands, Minor - Accessory salivary glands located in the lip, cheek, tongue, floor of mouth, palate and intramaxilla...
Submandibular Gland - One of two salivary glands in the neck, located in the space bound by the two bellies of the digastr...
Taste Buds - Small sensory organs which contain gustatory receptor cells, basal cells, and supporting cells. Tast...
Tooth Apex - The tip or terminal end of the root of a tooth. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p62)...
Tooth Cervix - The constricted part of the tooth at the junction of the crown and root or roots. It is often referr...
Tooth Components - The anatomical components of a tooth, its tissues, and correlated parts....
Tooth Crown - The upper part of the tooth, which joins the lower part of the tooth (TOOTH ROOT) at the cervix (TOO...
Tooth Germ - The collective tissues from which an entire tooth is formed, including the DENTAL SAC; ENAMEL ORGAN;...
Tooth Root - The part of a tooth from the neck to the apex, embedded in the alveolar process and covered with cem...
Tooth Socket - A hollow part of the alveolar process of the MAXILLA or MANDIBLE where each tooth fits and is attach...
Tooth, Deciduous - The 20 teeth of the first dentition, which are shed and replaced by the permanent teeth, usually by ...
Tooth, Unerupted - A normal developing tooth which has not yet perforated the oral mucosa or one that fails to erupt in...
von Ebner Glands - Small tubulo-alveolar salivary glands located beneath the circumvallate and foliate papillae....
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
