Rest Art 5
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sgoldthorp on January 25, 2011
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Funeral Directing @ St. Pete College
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Width | The dimension of an object measured across from sided to side. |
| Wound Filler | The firmest type of restorative wax; a putty-like material used to fill large cavities or model features. |
| Alveolar Process | The ridge projecting from the inferior surface of the maxilla (and the superior surface of the mandible) which contains the sockets of the teeth. |
| Alveolar Prognathism | Sockets of the teeth protrude. |
| Angle of Projection | The degree from the vertical at which the surface(s) of a prominent feature projects. |
| Angle of the Mandible | Angle formed by junction of the posterior edge of the ramus of the mandible and the inferior surfaces of the body of the mandible. |
| Antihelix | Inner rim of the ear. |
| Antitragus | Small eminence obliquely opposite the tragus, located on the superior border of the lobe of the ear. |
| Basket-Weave Suture | A network of stitches employed to cross the borders of a cavity or excision, used to anchor fillers and to sustain the tissues in their proper position. |
| Bridge - | A raised support as (1) the arched portion of the nose which is supported by the nasal bones and (2) a structure or span connecting two parts of a mutilated on; |
| Buccal Depressions | The shallow concavities of the cheeks, natural on some persons which extend obliquely downward from below either the medial or lateral margins of the cheekbones. |
| Buck Teeth | Teeth which jut out; may occur either with or without protrusion of the gums and may occur in either or both the maxilla and the mandible. |
| Columna Nasi | The medial partition between the nostrils. |
| Concha | Concave shell of the ear; the deepest depression of the ear. |
| Condyle | A rounded eminence at the articulating end of the bone; the posterior process of the ramus of the mandible. |
| Coronoid Process | Anterior, non-articulating division of the ramus |
| Crown | The topmost part of the head. |
| Dental Prognathism | Oblique insertion of the teeth. |
| External Auditory Meatus | Ear passage; the deep hole located in the inferior portion of the medial 1/3 of the ear on the anterior border. |
| External Occipital Protuberance | A small jutting eminence which may be felt at the base of the skull |
| Eye Socket | Bony receptacle containing the eyeball; orbital cavity; orbit. |
| Foramen Magnum | Opening in the occipital bone through which passes the spinal cord from the brain; midway between the two mastoid processes. |
| Frontal Bone | The anterior 1/3 of the cranium, forming the forehead. |
| Frontal Eminence | A rounded prominence on either side of the median line and a little inferior to the center of the frontal bone. |
| Frontal Process of the Maxilla | The ascending part of the upper jaw which gradually protrudes as it rises beside the nasal bone to meet the frontal bone; the ascending process of the upper jaw. |
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