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Both the attached gingiva and buccal mucosa are mainly pinkish in color & not reddish due to the __________
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Increased thickness of the epithelial layers.
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The basal layer of oral mucosa generally has what?
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Cells undergoing mitosis
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Which area in the oral cavity is categorized as having a lining mucosa?
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(6) buccal mucosa, labial mucosa, floor of the mouth, alveolar mucosa, soft palate, ventral surface of the tongue
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What type of tissue makes up the bulk of the lamina propria of the oral mucosa?
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Connective tissue
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In a young adult, the buccal mucosa may contain Fordyce Spots, which refer to ___________
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Deposits of sebum from misplaced sebaceous gland tissue.
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This type of oral mucosa has a rubbery surface texture and resiliency, it can be found in the regions of attached gingiva, hard palate, and dorsal surface of the tongue.
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Masticatory mucosa
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Cell renewal of the junctional epithelium (JE) takes place in the __________
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Basal layer
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What has the highest rate of turnover?
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Junctional epithelium
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Of the various epithelia that make up the gingiva, which one does NOT normally keratinize?
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Both sulcular and junctional epithelia
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The interdental gingiva assumes a nonvisible concave form between the facial and lingual gingival surfaces called the _______
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Col
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Pinpoint depressions on the surface of the gingiva resembling an orange peel
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Stippling
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Statement concerning pigmentation in the oral cavity
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"Clinical levels of pigmentation are controlled by genetic programming"
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Healthy attached gingiva is pink in color & some areas have _________
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Melanin pigmentation
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Melanin pigment for the oral cavity is synthesized in which cell?
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Melanocytes
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The sulcular epithelium that creates the gingival sulcus is of _____________ type(s) of epithelium, with its cells tightly packed.
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A nonkeratinized
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