Maxillary Incisors Geometric Outlines Quiz

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What is the most common anatomical anomaly that occurs with the maxillary central incisors?

Curved incisal ridge

Multiple roots

Short root (correct)

Unusually long crown

How many maxillary central incisors are there in total?

2

4 (correct)

8

6

What is the function of the incisors in the mouth?

Chewing and grinding food

Shearing or cutting food (correct)

Crushing and mashing food

Tearing and ripping food

What is the most prominent characteristic difference between male and female crown sizes of the maxillary central incisors?

Male crowns are larger and wider than female crowns Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the largest part of the lingual area on the lingual aspect of an incisor?

Lingual Fossa Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary shape of the maxillary central incisors?

Trapezoid Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic feature of the labial aspect of maxillary incisors in terms of crown outline?

Trapezoidal crown outline Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the shallow depressions which extend from the incisal edge towards the gingiva and fade out in the middle third?

Imbrication lines Signup and view all the answers

What are the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally called?

Mamelons Signup and view all the answers

What are the external manifestations of Striae of Retzius associated with enamel incremental growth formation also known as?

Perikymata Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the maxillary incisors?

Shearing or cutting food material Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common anatomical anomaly that may occur with the maxillary central incisors?

Extremely short root Signup and view all the answers

What are the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally called?

Mamelon Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic feature of the labial aspect of maxillary incisors in terms of crown outline?

Relatively narrow crowns at the cervix Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the shallow depressions which extend from the incisal edge towards the gingiva and fade out in the middle third?

Mammary ridges Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the visible markings in the enamel of maxillary incisors that show traces of the fusion of three lobes on the labial face?

Labial grooves Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally?

Mamelons Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary shape of the lingual aspect of shovel-shaped incisors in Mongoloid races, including North and South American Indians?

Scoop-like form Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the external manifestations of enamel incremental growth formation associated with Striae of Retzius?

Imbrication lines Signup and view all the answers

What term is used for the largest part of the middle and incisal portions of the lingual area on the lingual aspect of an incisor?

Lingual Fossa Signup and view all the answers

Maxillary Incisors Geometric Outlines Quiz

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What is the most common anatomical anomaly that occurs with the maxillary central incisors?

How many maxillary central incisors are there in total?

What is the function of the incisors in the mouth?

What is the most prominent characteristic difference between male and female crown sizes of the maxillary central incisors?

What is the term for the largest part of the lingual area on the lingual aspect of an incisor?

What is the primary shape of the maxillary central incisors?

What is the characteristic feature of the labial aspect of maxillary incisors in terms of crown outline?

What is the term for the shallow depressions which extend from the incisal edge towards the gingiva and fade out in the middle third?

What are the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally called?

What are the external manifestations of Striae of Retzius associated with enamel incremental growth formation also known as?

What is the primary function of the maxillary incisors?

What is the most common anatomical anomaly that may occur with the maxillary central incisors?

What are the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally called?

What is the characteristic feature of the labial aspect of maxillary incisors in terms of crown outline?

What is the term for the shallow depressions which extend from the incisal edge towards the gingiva and fade out in the middle third?

What is the term for the visible markings in the enamel of maxillary incisors that show traces of the fusion of three lobes on the labial face?

What term is used for the rounded eminences where each labial lobe of the incisor terminates incisally?

What is the primary shape of the lingual aspect of shovel-shaped incisors in Mongoloid races, including North and South American Indians?

What is the term for the external manifestations of enamel incremental growth formation associated with Striae of Retzius?

What term is used for the largest part of the middle and incisal portions of the lingual area on the lingual aspect of an incisor?

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