DA. Vocab Quiz 2
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HollyJolly12 on August 26, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Diet | Deals with food taken into the mouth. |
| Nutrition | Process which an individual uses food to meet the bodies needs. |
| Dentifrices | A preparation for cleansing and polishing the teeth. |
| Cavity | A hole on a structure. |
| Digestion | Process of breaking down ingested food into forms the body can use. |
| Hydrocolloid | Reversible final impression material. |
| Ptyalin | An enzyme in the saliva for digestion. |
| Idiopathic | unkown cause, arising from obscure or spontaneously. |
| Decalcification | Loss of calcium salts from enamel, the first step in decay process. |
| Bile | Digestive juice in small intestines , helps break down fats into fatty acid. |
| Oral Hygiene | Health of mouth. |
| Subgingival | Below the gums |
| peristalsis | wavelike motion of the intestines. |
| glucose | blood sugar |
| Elastomeric | Another name for rubberbase material used for final impressions. |
| pharynx | part of the digestive and respiratory system that aids and prevents food from passing into the respiratory system. |
| Esophogus | muscular tube that conveys food from the larnyx to the stomach. |
| Enzyme | chemical to breakdown food for absorption. |
| metabolism | all of the processes involved in the bodies use of nutrients. |
| deglutition | act of swallowing. |
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